Nature Communications, Published online: 09 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74181-y Turning carbon dioxide into ethylene requires catalysts that control intermediate formation and coupling on copper surfaces. Here, the authors show that aluminum-doped copper tunes these intermediates through orbital interactions, enabling efficient ethylene production from dilute carbon dioxide.
Intermetallic charge redistribution restructures the oxygen-bound intermediate network for efficient ethylene electrosynthesis
Richen Lin