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Synthesis and Performance Characterizations of Transition Metal Single Atom Catalyst for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published on: April 10, 2018
Enhanced formation of >C1 Products in Electroreduction of CO2 by Adding a CO2 Adsorption Component to a Gas-Diffusion
Bhanu Chandra Marepally1,2, Claudio Ampelli1, Chiara Genovese1
1Depts. MIFT and ChiBioFarAm (Industrial Chemistry), ERIC aisbl and INSTM/CASPE, University of Messina, V.le F. Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166, Messina, Italy.
Abstract:
The addition of a CO2 -adsorption component (substituted imidazolate-based SIM-1 crystals) to a gas-diffusion layer-type catalytic electrode enhances the activity and especially the selectivity towards >C1 carbon chain products (ethanol, acetone, and isopropanol) of a Pt-based electrocatalyst that is not able to form products of CO2 reduction involving C-C bond formation under conventional (liquid-phase) conditions. This indicates that the increase of the effective CO2 concentration at the electrode active surface is the factor controlling the formation of >C1 products rather than only the intrinsic properties of the electrocatalyst.
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