@article {170,
	title = {A Silver-Chalcogenide Nanomaterial Enveloped with a Carborane-Thiolate Shell for the Electroreduction of CO2 to CO},
	journal = {ACS Applied Nano Materials},
	year = {2025},
	month = {07/2025},
	type = {Full article},
	abstract = {<p>Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction using atomically precise nanomaterials has garnered significant research interest, owing to their controllable molecular structures. Here, we have synthesized an electrocatalyst composed of single crystals having a one-dimensional assembly of silver atoms bridged by sulfur atoms of <em>meta</em>-carborane-9-thiolates. The molecular structure of the framework was further characterized through high-resolution ESI-MS, which exhibited silver- and carborane-thiolate-containing ions originating from the fragmentation of the framework. This thermally stable solid acted as an efficient catalyst for the electrocatalytic conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> to CO with a Faradaic efficiency of 85 {\textpm} 3\%. In situ Raman studies provided experimental verification of binding of CO<sub>2</sub> to the framework. First-principles density functional theory calculations confirmed the feasible adsorption of CO<sub>2</sub> with the Ag chains, highlighting its favorable interaction with the catalyst. Furthermore, free energy calculations revealed the rate-determining step of the conversion process to be the formation of *COOH. This study presents an efficient electrocatalyst featuring a one-dimensional silver-chalcogenide framework.</p>},
	keywords = {silver chalcogenide CO2 reduction carborane thiol},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c01918},
	url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.5c01918},
	author = {Arijit Jana and Zhengyuan Li and Amoghavarsha Ramachandra Kini and Vivek Yadav and Akhil S Nair and Astrid Campos Mata and Jingjie Wu and Jan Machacek and Tomas Base and Biswarup Pathak and Soumyabrata Roy and Thalappil Pradeep}
}
