Lewis-base ligand optimized electrolyte composition enhances CO₂ electrolysis performance

The electrode-electrolyte interface where electrocatalytic reactions occur, buried between solid-catalysts and electrolytes, involves complicated processes of electron transfer and mass diffusion under an applied electric field. Understanding the interfacial organization and possible interfacial interactions, such as those between the electrocatalysts and electrolytes or among electrolyte components, is essential for improving electrochemical performance via the co-optimization of electrocatalysts and electrolytes.