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Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis
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Sandra Hernandez Aldave,
Ewa Kazimierska,
Louise Hamdy,
Odin Bain,
Andrew Barron ,
Enrico Andreoli
Chemistry, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 687 - 703
Swansea University Authors:
Jennifer Rudd , Sandra Hernandez Aldave, Ewa Kazimierska, Louise Hamdy, Odin Bain, Andrew Barron , Enrico Andreoli
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/chemistry3030048
Abstract
The utilization of carbon dioxide is a major incentive for the growing field of carbon capture. Carbon dioxide could be an abundant building block to generate higher-value chemical products. Herein, we fabricated a porous copper electrode capable of catalyzing the reduction of carbon dioxide into hi...
| Published in: | Chemistry |
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| ISSN: | 2624-8549 |
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MDPI AG
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57951 |
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The utilization of carbon dioxide is a major incentive for the growing field of carbon capture. Carbon dioxide could be an abundant building block to generate higher-value chemical products. Herein, we fabricated a porous copper electrode capable of catalyzing the reduction of carbon dioxide into higher-value products, such as ethylene, ethanol and propanol. We investigated the formation of the foams under different conditions, not only analyzing their morphological and crystal structure, but also documenting their performance as a catalyst. In particular, we studied the response of the foams to CO2 electrolysis, including the effect of urea as a potential additive to enhance CO2 catalysis. Before electrolysis, the pristine and urea-modified foam copper electrodes consisted of a mixture of cuboctahedra and dendrites. After 35 min of electrolysis, the cuboctahedra and dendrites underwent structural rearrangement affecting catalysis performance. We found that alterations in the morphology, crystallinity and surface composition of the catalyst were conducive to the deactivation of the copper foams. |
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copper foam; CO2 reduction; electrocatalysis; heterogeneous catalyst; modified electrodes |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This work is part of the Reducing Industrial Carbon Emissions (RICE) and Flexible Integrated Energy Systems (FLEXIS) research operations funded by the Welsh European Funding Office
(WEFO) through the Welsh Government. Financial support was also provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the SUSTAIN Manufacturing Hub
(EP/S018107/1) and grant EP/N009525/1. The Welsh Government is also acknowledged for the
Sêr Cymru II Recapturing Talent Fellowship partly funded by the European Regional Development
Fund (ERDF). Swansea University College of Engineering AIM Facility, which was funded in part by the EPSRC (EP/M028267/1), the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government (80708) and the Ser Solar project via the Welsh Government. |
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