Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to C2+ Products with Ampere-Level Current on Carbon-Modified Copper Catalysts
- Corresponding author: Xiaofu Sun, sunxiaofu@iccas.ac.cn Haihong Wu, hhwu@chem.ecnu.edu.cn Buxing Han, hanbx@iccas.ac.cn
 
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		            Xue Dong, Xiaofu Sun, Shuaiqiang Jia, Shitao Han, Dawei Zhou, Ting Yao, Min Wang, Minghui Fang, Haihong Wu, Buxing Han. Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to C2+ Products with Ampere-Level Current on Carbon-Modified Copper Catalysts[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica,
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