A simple cadmium sulfide nanomaterial is found to be an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for CO reduction in aqueous medium for more than 40 h with a steady CO faradaic efficiency of approximately 95 %. Moreover, it can realize a current density of -10 mA cm at an overpotential of -0.55 V on a porous substrate with similar selectivity. Theoretical and experimental results confirm that the high selectivity for CO reduction is due to its (0 0 0 2) face with sulfur vacancies that prefers CO molecule reduction in aqueous medium.
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December 2024
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 42351, Saudi Arabia.
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Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.
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December 2024
Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Avenida Ferrocarril San Rafael Atlixco, Número 186, Colonia Leyes de Reforma 1A Sección, Alcaldía Iztapalapa, Código Postal 09310, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
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December 2024
School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
During deepwater drilling, the low mudline temperatures and narrow safe density window pose serious challenges to the safe and efficient performance of deepwater water-based drilling fluids. Low temperatures can lead to physical and chemical changes in the components of water-based drilling fluids and the behavior of low temperature gelation. As a coarse dispersion system, water-based drilling fluid has a complex composition of dispersed phase and dispersing medium.
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December 2024
Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Sevilla, E41011 Sevilla, Spain.
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