@article {31517,
	title = {Kinetic phases of Ag{\textendash}Cu alloy films are accessible through photodeposition},
	journal = {J. Mater. Chem. A},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {711-715},
	abstract = {<p>Silver and copper are each widely-studied metals for catalyzing the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR){,} yet studies of Ag\&ndash;Cu alloys are very rare due to the immiscibility of the two metals. Reported herein is a synthetic route that provides access to Ag\&ndash;Cu alloys at ambient pressures and temperatures. This method involves solution-depositing a homogeneous mixture of silver(i) 2-ethylhexanoate and copper(ii) bis-(2-ethylhexanoate) on a substrate{,} and photolyzing the thin films with ultraviolet light in an inert dinitrogen atmosphere. This photodeposition procedure is shown to furnish metastable phases of alloys with \&sim;10 atomic weight\% (at\%) copper incorporated into the silver lattice. The CO2RR activity of the alloyed sample shows a preference for forming CH4 rather than CO or HCO2\&minus; favored for our pure silver and copper films{,} respectively. These results provide proof that photodeposition can be used to access kinetic phases of alloys that are useful for heterogeneous reaction chemistry.</p>},
	doi = {10.1039/C8TA10138H},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8TA10138H},
	author = {Dettelbach, Kevan E. and He, Jingfu and Johnson, Noah J. J. and Huang, Aoxue and Bottomley, Adam and Lam, Brian and Salvatore, Danielle A. and Berlinguette, Curtis P.}
}
