Catholyte‐Free Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Formate
Abstract
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2) into value‐added chemicals is a promising strategy to reduce CO 2 emission and mitigate climate change. One of the most serious problems in electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction (CO 2 R) is the low solubility of CO 2 in an aqueous electrolyte, which significantly limits the cathodic reaction rate. This paper proposes a facile method of catholyte‐free electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction to avoid the solubility limitation using commercial tin nanoparticles as a cathode catalyst. Interestingly, as the reaction temperature rises from 303 K to 363 K, the partial current density (PCD) of formate improves more than two times with 52.9 mA cm−2, despite the decrease in CO 2 solubility. Furthermore, a significantly high formate concentration of 41.5 g L−1 is obtained as a one‐path product at 343 K with high PCD (51.7 mA cm−2) and high Faradaic efficiency (93.3 %) via continuous operation in a full flow cell at a low cell voltage of 2.2 V.
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- Authors
- Lee, W., Kim, Y. E., Youn, M. H., Jeong, S. K., & Park, K. T.
- Affiliations
- Korea Institute of Energy Research (KR)
- Climate Change Research Division Korea Institute of Energy Research Daejeon 34129 Korea
- Corresponding author
- Park, Ki Tae
- Venue
- Angewandte Chemie
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-05-08
- Volume
- 130
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 6999-7003
- ISSN
- 0044-8249 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-3757
- OpenAlex
- W4239598210
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 0.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Angewandte Chemie (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Korea Institute of Energy Research (B8-2431)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Keywords
- electrochemical CO2 reduction, formate production, tin nanoparticles, Faradaic efficiency, aqueous electrolyte solutions
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