Mitigating SO2 Poisoning Effect in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Transition-Metal Single-Atom Molecular Catalysts

Wu, Yiqing [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]; Liu, Chang [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000275680608); Oza, Prajeet [Geogia Institute of Technology]; Jeon, Sungho [University of Pennsylvania]; Ortiz, Erika [University of Pennsylvania]; Li, Yuanyuan [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000330749672); Weber, Juliane [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000179610220); Stach, Eric A [Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia]; Hu, Guoxiang [Geogia Institute of Technology]; Wu, Zili [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000244683240)

doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6c02595

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Mitigating SO2 Poisoning Effect in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Transition-Metal Single-Atom Molecular Catalysts

Wu, Yiqing [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)]·Liu, Chang [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000275680608)·Oza, Prajeet [Geogia Institute of Technology]·Jeon, Sungho [University of Pennsylvania]·Ortiz, Erika [University of Pennsylvania]·Li, Yuanyuan [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000330749672)·Weber, Juliane [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000179610220)·Stach, Eric A [Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia]·Hu, Guoxiang [Geogia Institute of Technology]·Wu, Zili [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000244683240)

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Wu, Yiqing [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)], Liu, Chang [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000275680608), Oza, Prajeet [Geogia Institute of Technology], Jeon, Sungho [University of Pennsylvania], Ortiz, Erika [University of Pennsylvania], Li, Yuanyuan [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000330749672), Weber, Juliane [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000179610220), Stach, Eric A [Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia], Hu, Guoxiang [Geogia Institute of Technology], Wu, Zili [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000244683240). 2026-08-01. Mitigating SO2 Poisoning Effect in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Transition-Metal Single-Atom Molecular Catalysts. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6c02595

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