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Here, we demonstrate that a Co\/CoO heterointerface serves as a highly active site for the selective synthesis of acetic acid from CO2 by experimental and density functional theory (DFT) study. Experimental results show that the Co\/CoO interface achieves 61.67% selectivity for acetic acid, which is higher than the values of 0% and 24.39% for single-phase face-centered cubic (FCC) Co and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) Co, respectively. DFT calculations reveal that interfacial lattice oxygen in Co\/CoO induces a geometric reconfiguration of CO2 adsorption, shifting the adsorbed CO2 configuration from a \u201cside-on\u201d to a \u201cface-on\u201d orientation with an interfacial angle of 45\u00b0. This transition enhances orbital hybridization in the xy plane, stabilizes CO2 adsorption, and lowers the energy barrier for C\u2500C coupling. Crystal orbital Hamiltonian population analysis quantifies the strengthened O\u2500C bonding (\u2500ICOHP = 9.97 eV) and highlights the dominance of xy-directional orbitals, establishing the interfacial angle as a descriptor for the selective production of acetic acid from CO2. This study reveals, at the electronic levels, how the Co\/CoO interface promotes CO2 reduction toward oxygenated C2+ products (e.g., acetic acid), thereby offering a fundament for the rational design of catalysts targeting valuable acetic acid.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1021\/acsami.6c18981","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,14]],"date-time":"2026-10-14T13:06:52Z","timestamp":1791983212000},"page":"57801-57811","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Co\/CoO Interface Catalyzes the Synthesis of Acetic Acid from CO2: A Combined Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Xu","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200240"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5395-7867","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yang","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200240"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoyu","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200240"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Renjie","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200240"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinping","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200240"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9028-8818","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Fangming","family":"Jin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200240"]},{"name":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University , , ,","place":["Shanghai, China, 200092"]},{"name":"Hainan University , , ,","place":["Haikou, China, 570228"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"316","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,14]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"2026102802063492500_cit1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"10276","DOI":"10.1021\/acsami.4c21988","article-title":"Fundamentals and Perspectives of Positively Charged Single-Metal Site Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction","volume":"17","author":"Shao","year":"2025","journal-title":"ACS Appl. 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