Unraveling Mechanistic Reaction Pathways of the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Fe–N–C Single-Site Catalysts

We report a joint experimental–computational mechanistic study of electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CH4, catalyzed by solid-state Fe–N–C catalysts, which feature atomically dispersed, catalytical...

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