Integration of the aprotic CO2 reduction to oxalate at a Pb catalyst into a GDE flow cell configuration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian König ◽  
Shih-Hsuan Lin ◽  
Jan Vaes ◽  
Deepak Pant ◽  
Elias Klemm

The electrochemical CO2 reduction to oxalic acid in aprotic solvents could be a potential pathway to produce carbon-neutral oxalic acid. One of the challenges in the aprotic CO2 reduction are...

Author(s):  
Dui Ma ◽  
Ting Jin ◽  
Keyu Xie ◽  
Haitao Huang

Converting CO2 into value-added fuels or chemical feedstocks through electrochemical reduction is one of the several promising avenues to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and alleviate global warming. This approach...


2021 ◽  
Vol 416 ◽  
pp. 129050
Author(s):  
Jonathan Filippi ◽  
Laura Rotundo ◽  
Roberto Gobetto ◽  
Hamish A. Miller ◽  
Carlo Nervi ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 910-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Weekes ◽  
Danielle A. Salvatore ◽  
Angelica Reyes ◽  
Aoxue Huang ◽  
Curtis P. Berlinguette
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoxuan Ren ◽  
Arthur Fink ◽  
Eric Lees ◽  
Zishuai Zhang ◽  
Wen Yu Wu ◽  
...  

Abstract The highest performance flow cells capable of electrolytically converting CO2 into higher value chemicals and fuels pass a concentrated hydroxide electrolyte across the cathode. A major problem for CO2 electrolysis is that this strongly alkaline medium converts the majority of CO2 into unreactive HCO3– and CO32– rather than CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) products. The electrolysis of CO (instead of CO2) does not suffer from this same problem because CO does not react with hydroxide. Moreover, CO can be more readily converted into products containing two or more carbon atoms (i.e., C2+ products). While several solid-state electrocatalysts have proven competent at converting CO into C2+ products, we demonstrate here that molecular electrocatalysts are also effective at mediating this transformation in a flow cell. Using a molecular copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) electrocatalyst, CO was electrolyzed into C2+ products at high rates of product formation (i.e., current densities J ≥200 mA/cm2), and at high Faradaic efficiencies for C2+ production (FEC2+; 72% at 200 mA/cm2). These findings present a new class of electrocatalysts for making carbon-neutral chemicals and fuels.


2020 ◽  
Vol MA2020-01 (12) ◽  
pp. 940-940
Author(s):  
Dorian Joulié ◽  
Shaoxuan Ren ◽  
Danielle A. Salvatore ◽  
Kristian Torbensen ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol MA2020-01 (35) ◽  
pp. 2458-2458
Author(s):  
Tybur Quinton Casuse ◽  
Fernando H Garzon ◽  
Jose M Cerrato

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kejun Chen ◽  
Maoqi Cao ◽  
Yiyang Lin ◽  
Junwei Fu ◽  
Hanxiao Liao ◽  
...  

Abstract Designing efficient catalysts with high activity and selectivity is desirable and challenging for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Nickel phthalocyanine (NiPc) is a promising molecule catalyst for CO2RR. However, the pristine NiPc suffers from poor CO2 adsorption and activation due to its electron deficiency of Ni–N4 site, which leads to inferior activity and stability during CO2RR. Here, we develop a substituent-induced electronic localization strategy to improve CO2 adsorption and activation, and thus catalytic performance. Theoretic calculations and experimental results indicate that the electronic localization on the Ni site induced by electron-donating substituents (hydroxyl or amino) of NiPc greatly enhances the CO2 adsorption and activation, which is positively associated with the electron-donating abilities of substituents. Employing the optimal catalyst of amino-substituted NiPc to catalyze CO2 into CO in flow cell can achieve an ultrahigh activity and selectivity of 99.8% at the current densities up to 400 mA cm-2. This work offers a novel strategy to regulate the electronic structure of the active site by introducing substituents for highly efficient CO2RR.


Author(s):  
Abdullah M. Asiri ◽  
Jing Gao ◽  
Sher Bahadar Khan ◽  
Khalid A Alamry ◽  
Hadi M. Marwani ◽  
...  

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