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The synthesis of multi‐carbon products through electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions has attracted great interest from researchers. Herein, nitrogen‐ and carbon‐doped copper nanocatalyst (NC−Cu) containing abundant Cu−N−C active sites was prepared by thermal decomposition of the complexes containing copper and melamine. The NC−Cu catalyst exhibited an ideal current density of 22 mA cm−2 at −0.93 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs. RHE) in CO2‐saturated 0.5 M KHCO3 medium, with ethanol as the predominant product at −0.93 V (vs. RHE) and a maximum Faraday efficiency of 31 %. The current density of the catalyst remained almost unchanged after 20 h of electrolysis, indicating its excellent stability. The excellent catalytic ability is attributed to the abundant Cu−N−C active sites of NC−Cu with 3D porous microstructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Pyrrole was utilized to induce the cross‐link of graphene oxide, resulting in a stable hydrogel. Following, polypyrrole/graphene composite was prepared using direct microwave treatment of this pyrrole‐induced hydrogel. Where, graphene oxide was chemically reduced and pyrrole in the composite was polymerized. The polypyrrole was homogeneously distributed throughout the graphene sheets. The as‐synthesized composite had a three‐dimensional, cross‐linked structure with advanced electro‐catalytic properties for hydroquinone and catechol. This feature was demonstrated by the superior electrochemical reversibility and good peak separation exhibited by the novel composite material. Accordingly, the detection of the two dihydroxybenzenes using this material produced a detection limit of 0.88 μM for hydroquinone and 0.69 μM for the catechol. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]