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Inside Front Cover: Optimizing the Selectivity of CH4 Electrosynthesis from CO2 over Cuprates through Cu─O Bond Length Descriptor (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 24/2025)
First published: 20 May 2025
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In their Research Article (e202503745), Jiawei Zhu and co-workers report a selectivity descriptor based on Cu─O bond length for screening highly selective cuprates toward CH4 electrosynthesis. This descriptor reveals that CH4 selectivity exhibits a volcano-shaped correlation with the Cu─O bond length, with the optimal value accessible at ∼1.951 Å. Using this descriptor, three new cuprates are predicted, demonstrating better performance compared to the reported Cu-based catalysts in acidic electrolytes.
