Identification of Synergies in Fe, Co-Coordinated Polyphthalocyanines Scaffolds for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Zhouxin Wang1, Jun Qian2, Pengcheng Cao3

  • 1National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Free Electron Laser for Innovation Center of Energy Chemistry (FELiChEM), Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P. R. China.

Nano Letters
|March 13, 2024
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