Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Hydride Nanoclusters
Event details
| Date | 22.01.2015 |
| Hour | 16:00 › 17:30 |
| Speaker | Prof. Trevor Hayton, University of California |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
At high over-potentials, copper electrodes can reduce CO2 to ethylene in moderate yields. More recently, metallic copper nanomaterials have also been shown to effect this transformation, often with lower over-potentials, better stability and higher selectivity than their polycrystalline counterparts. However, several mechanistic questions concerning this transformation remain unanswered, especially in regards to the critical C-C bond forming step. The synthesis of mono-disperse, atomically precise Cu nanomaterials could help to elucidate these questions, but thus far, these materials have remained elusive. In this presentation I will describe our efforts to generate well-defined Cu nanocrystals, and discuss their reactivity with CO2 and other small molecules.A
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- ISIC SB SCI-SB-MM
Contact
- Marinella Mazzanti