Electrocatalysts are catalysts that can participate in and accelerate electrochemical reactions. Outside of enzymes, electrocatalysts are the materials that can convert carbon dioxide, in reaction with water, into building blocks containing one, two, three, or four carbon atoms with very high efficiency.
While electrocatalysts had earlier used to produce shorter chain chemicals such as ethanol and methanol, recent researches have shown that using the right choice of catalysts CO2 can be converted to longer chain polymers too.
Such an ability makes electrocatalysts an important agent in decarbonization as they can now be explored for sequestering CO2 emissions into products such as plastics.
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