The Library
Progress in inorganic cathode catalysts for electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into formate or formic acid
Tools
Du, Dongwei, Lan, Rong, Humphreys, John and Tao, Shanwen (2017) Progress in inorganic cathode catalysts for electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into formate or formic acid. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 47 (6). pp. 661-678. doi:10.1007/s10800-017-1078-x ISSN 0021-891X.
|
PDF
WRAP-progress-inorganic-cathode-catalysts-electrochemical-conversion-Du-2017.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (1016Kb) | Preview |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10800-017-1078-x
Abstract
As a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is one of the key contributors to climate change. Many strategies have been proposed to address this issue, such as CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) and CO2 utilization (CCU). Electroreduction of CO2 into useful fuels is proving to be a promising technology as it not only consumes CO2 but can also store the redundant electrical energy generated from renewable energy sources (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal, wave, etc.) as chemical energy in the produced chemicals. Among all of products from CO2 electroconversion, formic acid is one of the highest value-added chemicals, which is economically feasible for large-scale applications. This paper summarizes the work on inorganic cathode catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formic acid or formate. The reported metal and oxide cathode catalysts are discussed in detail according to their performance including current density, Faradaic efficiency, and working potentials. In addition, the effects of electrolyte, temperature, and pressure are also analyzed. The electroreduction of CO2 to formic acid or formate is still at an early stage with several key challenges that need to be addressed before commercialization. The major challenges and the future directions for developing new electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2 to formic acid are discussed in this review.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry |
||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Electrochemistry, Atmospheric carbon dioxide , Formic acid, Catalysts | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Applied Electrochemistry | ||||||||
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0021-891X | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2017 | ||||||||
Dates: |
|
||||||||
Volume: | 47 | ||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 661-678 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10800-017-1078-x | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 April 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 April 2018 | ||||||||
Funder: | University of Warwick PhD studentship |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year