Role of near-surface environment in tuning electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction and H2 evolution reaction

This thesis has shed light on some of the ways in which the local electrolyte composition can differ from the bulk and how these changes in the local reaction environment can determine the activity and/or selectivity of two important electrocatalytic reactions, namely, electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).This Ph.D. thesis received financial support from Advanced Research Center for Chemical Building Blocks (ARC CBBC) consortium, co-financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and Shell Global Solutions International B.V.Catalysis and Surface Chemistr