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    Gas phase electrochemical conversion of humidified CO2 to CO and H2 on proton-exchange and alkaline anion-exchange membrane fuel cell reactors

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    Authors
    Wang, Guoliang
    Pan, Jian
    Jiang, San Ping
    Yang, H.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Wang, G. and Pan, J. and Jiang, S.P. and Yang, H. 2018. Gas phase electrochemical conversion of humidified CO2 to CO and H2 on proton-exchange and alkaline anion-exchange membrane fuel cell reactors. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 23: pp. 152-158.
    Source Title
    Journal of CO2 Utilization
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jcou.2017.11.010
    ISSN
    2212-9820
    School
    Fuels and Energy Technology Institute
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102025
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102044
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66362
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    Abstract

    © 2017 Fuel cell reactors or electrolyzers based on alkaline anion-exchange membrane and proton exchange membrane (AAEM & PEM) are investigated for gas phase electrochemical conversion of humidified CO 2 under identical conditions, using conventional Pt/C, Pd/C and Cu/CNTs as cathodic catalysts. Humidified CO 2 can be converted to H 2 and CO via the AAEM based fuel cell reactors with an estimated onset potential of -1.0 V using Cu/CNT as cathodic catalyst, while PEM based fuel cell reactors can only produce H 2 under identical conditions. This can be attributed to the suppressed hydrogen evolution and enhanced CO 2 reduction in the case of AAEM based reactor. Remarkably, AAEM based reactor with Cu/CNT cathode catalysts shows a higher activity (8.88 µmol h -1 cm -2 ) to convert CO 2 to CO than that of Pd/C (7.59 µmol h -1 cm -2 ) and Pt/C (0.75 µmol h -1 cm -2 ) at the same catalyst loading. This study indicates that AAEM based reactor is able to realize the gas phase electrochemical conversion of CO 2 , providing a viable strategy for CO 2 utilization and conversion to useful fuels.

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