Mesoporous Copper‐Based Metal‐Organic Framework Flakes as a Promising Platform for Electrosynthesis of Ethylene from Carbon Dioxide
Mitra Bagheri, Mirtha A O Lourenço, Micaela Castellino, Silvia Nappini, Felicia Di Costola, Julien K Dangbegnon, Elena Magnano, Luís Mafra, Fabrizio Pirri, Adriano Sacco, Juqin Zeng · 2026
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Mitra Bagheri and a large team present a 2026 journal article on a copper framework material that turns carbon dioxide into ethylene using electricity. Ethylene is a cornerstone chemical for plastics, and making it from waste CO2 could cut emissions. Their catalyst is a metal-organic framework, a sponge-like lattice of copper and organic links, made in one green step.
The flakes have wide pores that let gases move fast and keep copper sites reachable. In a compact zero-gap cell, just over half the electric charge went into ethylene at an industrial-level current. Live X-ray tracking showed the copper reshaping into its active metallic form during use, then recovering, with almost no copper lost.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mitra Bagheri, Mirtha A O Lourenço, Micaela Castellino, Silvia Nappini, Felicia Di Costola, Julien K Dangbegnon, Elena Magnano, Luís Mafra, Fabrizio Pirri, Adriano Sacco, Juqin Zeng |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50692 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |