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Electrochemical Reduction of Protic Supercritical CO2 on Copper Electrodes

Melchaeva, Olga
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Voyame, Patrick  
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Costa Bassetto, Victor  
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2017
Chemsuschem

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is usually studied in aqueous solutions under ambient conditions. However, the main disadvantages of this method are high hydrogen evolution and low faradaic efficiencies of carbon-based products. Supercritical CO2 (scCO(2)) can be used as a solvent itself to suppresses hydrogen evolution and tune the carbon-based product yield; however, it has received little attention for this purpose. Therefore, the focus of this study was on the electrochemical reduction of scCO(2). The conductivity of scCO(2) was increased through the addition of supporting electrolyte and a cosolvent (acetonitrile). Furthermore, the addition of protic solutions of different pH to scCO(2) was investigated. 1m H2SO4, trifluoroethanol, H2O, KOH, and CsHCO3 solutions were used to determine the effect on current density, faradaic efficiency, and selectivity of the scCO(2) reduction. The reduction of scCO(2) to methanol and ethanol are reported for the first time. However, methane and ethylene were not observed. Additionally, corrosion of the Cu electrode was noticed.

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DOI
10.1002/cssc.201701205
Web of Science ID

WOS:000411499600017

Author(s)
Melchaeva, Olga
Voyame, Patrick  
Costa Bassetto, Victor  
Prokein, Michael
Renner, Manfred
Weidner, Eckhard
Petermann, Marcus
Battistel, Alberto  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin

Published in
Chemsuschem
Volume

10

Issue

18

Start page

3660

End page

3670

Subjects

carbon dioxide

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copper

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electrochemistry

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high pressure

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supercritical fluids

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REVIEWED

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October 9, 2017
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