A review on recent advances in the electrochemical reduction of CO to CO with nano-electrocatalysts
The electrochemical reduction (ECR) of CO 2 is a powerful strategy to reduce the world's carbon footprint by converting CO 2 to useful products such as CH 3 OH and CO. Recent techno-economic analysis has found that for the electro-conversion of CO 2 to be adapted for practical use, the main pro...
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| Published in | RSC advances Vol. 12; no. 35; pp. 2273 - 22721 |
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| Main Authors | , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
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15.08.2022
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| Summary: | The electrochemical reduction (ECR) of CO
2
is a powerful strategy to reduce the world's carbon footprint by converting CO
2
to useful products such as CH
3
OH and CO. Recent techno-economic analysis has found that for the electro-conversion of CO
2
to be adapted for practical use, the main products formed from this reaction need to be low-order, such as CO. This review summarizes recent progress in the ECR of CO
2
to CO on nano-electrocatalysts (noble, non-noble metals and carbon nanomaterials) and provides the limitations and challenges that each electrocatalyst faces. It discusses the mechanism behind the performance of the electrocatalysts and offers the potential future prospects of the ECR process.
Electrochemical reduction (ECR) of CO
2
reduces worlds carbon footprint by converting CO
2
to useful products such as CH
3
OH and CO. This review summarizes recent progress in the ECR of CO
2
to CO on nano-electrocatalysts. |
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| Bibliography: | Haibin Su received his Ph.D. from Stony Brook University (USA) in condensed matter theory and performed his thesis projects at Brookhaven National Laboratory, followed by a three-year stint at Caltech (USA) as a postdoctoral scholar in Professor William Goddard's group. He was a faculty member at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) since 2005, prior to joining The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2018. His research interests include methodology development for characterizing the structural, energetic, kinetic, and dynamic properties and functions of complex physical, chemical, and biological systems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Hirotaka Sato is an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Waseda University in 2005. He was a Research Associate at Waseda University (20052006), Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Michigan (2007) and University of California at Berkeley (20082011), and Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University (20112017). His research focuses on MEMS, insectmachine hybrid systems, and electrochemistry. Wan Wei Yang received his B.E. from Nanyang Technological University in 2019. He carried out his research studies in the field of electrochemistry, electroless plating and electroplating. Kee Chun Poon received his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University in fuel cells and catalyst development in 2017. He carried on his postdoctoral fellowship in the field of carbon capture and utilisation with a focus on the electroconversion of carbon dioxide to high-order carbonaceous products. |
| ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d2ra03341k |