Objective Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) represents a promising technique for sustainable utilization of renewableenergy like wind and solar energy to produce value-added valuable chemical feedstocks or fuels, providing an alternativeway to the climate and energy issues in European Union (EU). Unfortunately, the progress in this area has been slow as aresult of the sluggish CO2 reaction kinetics and the lack of efficient electrocatalysts. This research proposal aims to gobeyond the state-of-art in this area through rationally designing and engineering novel metal phosphonate organic-inorganichybrid electrocatalysts to illustrate a new methodology for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. The intractable low selectivity/efficiency of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction will be overcome through rationally adjusting the organic/inorganic compositions,porosity, and nano-/mesostructures of functional metal phosphonates to realize impressive performance. The nature andorigin of the CO2 reduction process will be investigated in this project, aiming at illustrating the relationship of chemicalcompositions and structures towards electrochemical performance and thus providing new protocols to design CO2RRelectrocatalysts. The successful completion of this project is suggested to advance CO2 conversion technologies, ensure theviability of EU's resources, and benefit its clean energy/manufacturing industry. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energynatural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistrynatural scienceschemical sciencescatalysiselectrocatalysis Keywords Hybrid Metal phosphonates Compositions and structures Electrocatalysis CO2 reduction Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2018 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinator RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM Net EU contribution € 162 806,40 Address Universitaetsstrasse 150 44801 Bochum Germany See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
