Enhanced Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Using Zinc Dendrites Pulse-Deposited on Silver Foam.

The electrocatalytic CO reduction reaction (CO RR) can dynamise the carbon cycle by lowering anthropogenic CO emissions and sustainably producing valuable fuels and chemical feedstocks. Methanol is arguably the most desirable C product of CO RR, although it typically forms in negligible amounts. In our search for efficient methanol-producing CO RR catalysts, we have engineered Ag-Zn catalysts by pulse-depositing Zn dendrites onto Ag foams (PD-Zn/Ag foam).