scholarly journals Sequential catalysis controls selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction on Cu

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2935-2944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanwei Lum ◽  
Joel W. Ager

A sequential pathway with CO as an intermediate species allows for control of oxygenate selectivity in electrochemical reduction of CO2.

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...


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2952-2960 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva M. Nichols ◽  
Jeffrey S. Derrick ◽  
Sepand K. Nistanaki ◽  
Peter T. Smith ◽  
Christopher J. Chang

The development of catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide offers an attractive approach to transforming this greenhouse gas into value-added carbon products with sustainable energy input.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tang ◽  
Hongjie Peng ◽  
Philomena Schlexer Lamoureux ◽  
Michal Bajdich ◽  
Frank Abild-Pedersen

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) over transition metals follows a complex reaction network. Even for products with a single carbon atom (C<sub>1</sub> products), two bifurcated pathways exist: initially between carboxyl (COOH*) and formate (HCOO*) intermediates and the COOH* intermediate is further bifurcated by pathways involving either formyl (CHO*) or COH*. In this study, we combine evidence from the experimental literature with a theoretical analysis of energetics to rationalize that not all steps in the reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> are electrochemical. This insight enables us to create a selectivity map for two-electron products (carbon monoxide (CO) and formate) on elemental metal surfaces using only the CO and OH binding energies as descriptors. In the further reduction of CO<sup>*</sup>, we find that CHO* is formed through a chemical step only whereas COH* follows from an electrochemical step. Notably on Cu(100), the COH pathway becomes dominant at an applied potential lower than −0.5V vs. RHE. For the elemental metals selective towards CO formation, the variation of the CO binding energy is sufficient to further subdivide the map into domains that predominantly form H<sub>2</sub>, CO, and ultimately more reduced products. We find Cu to be the only elemental metal capable of reducing CO<sub>2</sub> to products beyond 2e<sup>− </sup>via the proposed COH pathway and we identify atomic carbon as the key component leading to the production of methane. Our analysis also rationalizes experimentally observed differences in products between thermal and electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> on Cu.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1536-1551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Spurgeon ◽  
Bijandra Kumar

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels and chemicals is currently a focus of significant research effort as a technology that can simultaneously mitigate greenhouse gas emissions while storing renewable electricity for use on demand. Herein, the economics of CO2 reduction to select liquid products is analyzed.


Author(s):  
Nael Yasri ◽  
Tareq Al-Attas ◽  
Jinguang Hu ◽  
Md Golam Kibria

Developing catalysts that exhibit high efficiencies for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) in aqueous media is vital in both aspects of the healthier environment and for the practical implementation...


Author(s):  
Tu Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Jiaxun Guo ◽  
Ashwini Sachindran ◽  
Fengwang Li ◽  
Ali Seifitokaldani ◽  
...  

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to chemicals is gaining great attention as a pragmatic solution for greenhouse gas mitigation and for the utilization of CO2 to produce useful...


Author(s):  
Sreekanth Narayanaru ◽  
Gopinathan M. Anilkumar ◽  
Masaki Ito ◽  
Takanori Tamaki ◽  
Takeo Yamaguchi

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate on SnPd–NCF. The adsorbed bicarbonate ion promotes the protonation of CO2˙− to HCO2−.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (48) ◽  
pp. 26584-26599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Liu ◽  
Haiying He ◽  
Peter Zapol ◽  
Larry A. Curtiss

Computational studies of electrochemical reduction of CO2 were carried out using tetra-atomic transition metal clusters.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tang ◽  
Hongjie Peng ◽  
Philomena Schlexer Lamoureux ◽  
Michal Bajdich ◽  
Frank Abild-Pedersen

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) over transition metals follows a complex reaction network. Even for products with a single carbon atom (C<sub>1</sub> products), two bifurcated pathways exist: initially between carboxyl (COOH*) and formate (HCOO*) intermediates and the COOH* intermediate is further bifurcated by pathways involving either formyl (CHO*) or COH*. In this study, we combine evidence from the experimental literature with a theoretical analysis of energetics to rationalize that not all steps in the reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> are electrochemical. This insight enables us to create a selectivity map for two-electron products (carbon monoxide (CO) and formate) on elemental metal surfaces using only the CO and OH binding energies as descriptors. In the further reduction of CO<sup>*</sup>, we find that CHO* is formed through a chemical step only whereas COH* follows from an electrochemical step. Notably on Cu(100), the COH pathway becomes dominant at an applied potential lower than −0.5V vs. RHE. For the elemental metals selective towards CO formation, the variation of the CO binding energy is sufficient to further subdivide the map into domains that predominantly form H<sub>2</sub>, CO, and ultimately more reduced products. We find Cu to be the only elemental metal capable of reducing CO<sub>2</sub> to products beyond 2e<sup>− </sup>via the proposed COH pathway and we identify atomic carbon as the key component leading to the production of methane. Our analysis also rationalizes experimentally observed differences in products between thermal and electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> on Cu.


2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (71) ◽  
pp. 13698-13701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeonji Oh ◽  
Xile Hu

Imidazolium-based ionic liquids promote MoO2-catalyzed electrochemical reduction of CO2.


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