Exsolved Cu–ZnO interfaces for methanol production from CO2 at atmospheric pressure

Sanaz Soodi; Eleonora Calì; Shailza Saini; William S. Skinner; Alex Martinez Martin; Gwilherm Kerherve; Marco Pietro Mezzapesa; Samir Bensaid; David J. Payne; Melis S. Duyar; Kalliopi Kousi

doi:10.1039/D4TA05812G

Exsolved Cu–ZnO interfaces for methanol production from CO₂ at atmospheric pressure†

Sanaz Soodi,‡^a Eleonora Calì,‡^b Shailza Saini,‡^a William S. Skinner,

^c Alex Martinez Martin,^a Gwilherm Kerherve,^c Marco Pietro Mezzapesa,

^b Samir Bensaid,^b David J. Payne,^cd Melis S. Duyar

^a and Kalliopi Kousi

*^a

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^a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
E-mail: k.kousi@surrey.ac.uk

^b Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, Turin 10129, Italy

^c Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK

^d NEOM Education, Research, and Innovation Foundation, Al Khuraybah, Tabuk 49643-9136, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

An intimate Cu–ZnO interface that allows for the conversion of CO₂ to methanol even at atmospheric pressures was produced using the exsolution method. Detailed characterization and operando IR spectroscopy were employed to deconvolute the materials' properties that allow for this to happen.

This article is part of the themed collections: Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators 2025 and Celebrating International Women’s day 2025: Women in Materials Science

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Exsolved Cu–ZnO interfaces for methanol production from CO₂ at atmospheric pressure†

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