Catalysts and Operating Conditions for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Doctoral thesis (2022)

Authors

K. Liu ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage - AS
Research Group
Team Marcel Sluiter (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 K. Liu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:7e395294-c8da-4f71-8422-7d0f8a2be9c8
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Materials Science and Engineering

Research Group

Team Marcel Sluiter

Abstract

The urgent threat of global warming and the demand for sustainable fuels have made the electroreduction of CO2 a priority, due to its possibility in closed-loop cycle of carbon. The energy conversion and strategy can diminish the content of CO2 in the atmosphere, convert renewable electricity into chemical energy and store it in chemical bonds, and gain high-value fuels or chemicals formed from CO2 conversion. However, there is much room for the improvement of the efficiency of electrocatalytic reduction of CO2. The inertness of CO2 determines a large negative potential needed for sufficient electron and proton transfer. Hence, this thesis focuses on research how the catalysts and operating conditions electrochemical influence the electrochemical CO2 reduction...