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Nawaraj Karki¹, Ingrid Guillen Marquina², Johann V Hemmer¹

¹Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States.

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External magnetic fields enhance carbon monoxide (CO) production selectivity in electrocatalysis by altering mass transport and lowering interfacial pH. This magnetic control offers new pathways for optimizing CO2 reduction reactions.

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Area of Science:

Electrocatalysis
Physical Chemistry
Materials Science

Background:

Controlling selectivity in electrochemical reactions is crucial for efficient energy conversion.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is a key process for sustainable chemical synthesis.
External stimuli, such as magnetic fields, offer potential for reaction control.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of external magnetic fields on the competition between water (H2O) and CO2 reduction reactions.
To elucidate the mechanism by which magnetic fields influence CO2 reduction selectivity.
To explore the potential of magnetic field vectors for controlling electrocatalytic processes.

Main Methods:

Electrochemical experiments including cyclic voltammetry.
Finite-element simulations to model interfacial phenomena.
Systematic variation of magnetic field strength and current density.

Main Results:

External magnetic fields significantly increase mass transport via the Lorentz force.
Increasing magnetic field strength (0-325 mT) improved CO selectivity over H2 by 3×.
Higher current densities (0.5-5 mA/cm2) enhanced CO production selectivity by 5×.
Magnetic fields were found to lower the electrode-electrolyte interfacial pH.
Lower interfacial pH facilitates CO production by decreasing H2O reduction activity and increasing CO2 solubility.

Conclusions:

External magnetic fields provide a novel method to enhance CO selectivity in CO2 electroreduction.
The observed selectivity enhancement is attributed to magnetic field-induced changes in interfacial pH and mass transport.
This work opens new avenues for controlling reaction selectivity in electrocatalysis using magnetic field vectors.