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CO2 Photoreduction to CH4 Performance Under Concentrating Solar Light
Published on: June 12, 2019
Efficient Photosynthesis of Value-Added Chemicals by Electrocarboxylation of Bromobenzene with CO2 Using a Solar
Yingtian Zhang1, Cui Gao1, Huaiyan Ren1
1Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory/Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Energy Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252059, China.
Abstract:
Solar-driven CO2 conversion into high-value-added chemicals, powered by photovoltaics, is a promising technology for alleviating the global energy crisis and achieving carbon neutrality. However, most of these endeavors focus on CO2 electroreduction to small-molecule fuels such as CO and ethanol. In this paper, inspired by the photosynthesis of green plants and artificial photosynthesis for the electroreduction of CO2 into value-added fuel, CO2 artificial photosynthesis for the electrocarboxylation of bromobenzene (BB) with CO2 to generate the value-added carboxylation product methyl benzoate (MB) is demonstrated. Using two series-connected dye-sensitized photovoltaics and high-performance catalyst Ag electrodes, our artificial photosynthesis system achieves a 61.1% Faraday efficiency (FE) for carboxylation product MB and stability of the whole artificial photosynthesis for up to 4 h. In addition, this work provides a promising approach for the artificial photosynthesis of CO2 electrocarboxylation into high-value chemicals using renewable energy sources.
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