Systematic heterogeneous design of Cu catalysts for CO2 electroreduction towards highly value-added products

• Project/Area Number: 21K14721
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 36020:Energy-related chemistry
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Song Juntae 九州大学, 工学研究院, 助教 (10865348)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: CO2 reduction / Electrocatalysts / metal catalysts

Outline of Research at the Start

This work target to systematically design heterogeneous Cu-based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to value-added products. We propose novel structure of catalytic materials with highly porous materials and Cu metal catalysts for facile CO2 activation and improved C-C coupling.