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SUBMITTER: Chen Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5508656 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20150819 12
Based on first-principles calculations, we predict that penta-twinned Cu nanowires (NWs) are superior to conventional Cu catalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction. The penta-twinned NWs possess a combination of ultrahigh mechanical strength, large surface-to-volume ratios and an abundance of undercoordinated adsorption sites, all desirable for CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction. In particular, we show that the penta-twinned Cu NWs can withstand elastic strains orders of magnitude higher than th ...[more]