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Area of Science:

Electrochemistry
Chemical Engineering
Materials Science

Background:

Electrode surface temperature management is crucial but understudied in electrochemical reactor design.
Complex reactions like carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction require precise control over reaction conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of local electrode surface heating on CO2 electroreduction.
To explore the cooptimization of mass transport and thermal effects for enhanced reaction outcomes.
To probe the fundamental thermal effects influencing electrochemical reaction kinetics.

Main Methods:

Utilized ferri/ferrocyanide open circuit voltage as a temperature reporter.
Employed an organic coating on electrode surfaces for stable kinetics.
Applied Bayesian inference and high-throughput experiments to analyze Tafel kinetic parameters.
Investigated CO2 reduction to carbon-coupled (C2+) products on polycrystalline copper.

Main Results:

Demonstrated that surface heating and convective cooling can be optimized for electrochemical reactions.
Achieved well-behaved electrode kinetics with near-ambient bulk electrolyte temperatures.
Revealed a significant decrease in overpotential (0.1 V) for C2+ products via 60°C surface heating on copper.

Conclusions:

Local electrode surface temperature is a critical, tunable parameter for optimizing CO2 electroreduction.
Surface heating offers a viable strategy to enhance the efficiency of producing C2+ products.
The findings provide fundamental insights into thermal management for electrochemical processes.