In this work, an artificial electrode/electrolyte (E/E) interface,made by coating the electrode surface with aquaternary ammonium cation (R 4 N +)s urfactant, was successfully developed, leading to ac hange in the CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) pathway.This artificial E/E interface,with high CO 2 permeability,p romotes CO 2 transportation and hydrogenation, as well as suppresses the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Linear and branched surfactants facilitated formic acid and CO production, respectively.M olecular dynamics simulations show that the artificial interface provided af acile CO 2 diffusion pathway.M oreover,d ensity-functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed the stabilization of the key intermediate,O CHO*, through interactions with R 4 N + .T his strategy might also be applicable to other electrocatalytic reactions where gas consumption is involved.