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Nature Catalysis, Published online: 16 December 2019; doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0383-7

Electrochemical conversion of CO2 into liquid fuels, powered by renewable electricity, offers one means to address the need for the storage of intermittent renewable energy. Now, Sargent and co-workers present a cooperative catalyst design of molecule–metal interfaces to improve the electrosynthesis of ethanol from CO2 by producing a reaction-intermediate-rich local environment.