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Electrochemical CO2reduction to ethanol: from mechanistic understanding to catalyst design
- Source :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2021.
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Abstract
- The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to chemicals is gaining great attention as a pragmatic solution for greenhouse gas mitigation and for the utilization of CO2 to produce useful fuels and chemical feedstocks using intermittent renewable energy sources. In recent years, strategies to design electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction to ethanol, a valuable liquid fuel, have been increasingly reported. The mechanistic understanding providing insights into steps of the reduction process has allowed for further development of highly efficient and selective catalysts. Several significant breakthroughs have been made; however, the door toward industrial-scale production of ethanol from CO2 is still wide open as most electrocatalytic systems reported so far are still suffering from low energy efficiency, inferior stability, and discouraging selectivity. Inspired by recent advances in the field, we herein provide a review of fundamental and material advances of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethanol. First, we discuss the pathways and the effects of reaction-environment factors on the formation of ethanol from both theoretical and spectroscopic points of view. We then give an overview of different strategies to design electrocatalysts for this reaction. Finally, we discuss the remaining challenges and propose promising future research directions, with the aim to bring this technology closer to practical applications.
- Subjects :
- Catalyst design
010402 general chemistry
Electrochemistry
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
Catalysis
Liquid fuel
Reduction (complexity)
General Materials Science
Ethanol fuel
Mechanistic understanding
Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
In situ spectroscopy
0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
010405 organic chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
General Chemistry
0104 chemical sciences
Renewable energy
Ethanol production
13. Climate action
Greenhouse gas
Environmental science
Biochemical engineering
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20507496 and 20507488
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2cbbaffa65eca020fc2393fe31ab4d5c
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta01115d