作者
Robert B Kutz, Qingmei Chen, Hongzhou Yang, Syed D Sajjad, Zengcai Liu, I Richard Masel
发表日期
2017/6
期刊
Energy Technology
卷号
5
期号
6
页码范围
929-936
简介
CO2 electrolysis is a key step in CO2 conversion into fuels and chemicals as a way of mitigating climate change. We report the synthesis and testing of a series of new anion‐conductive membranes (tradenamed Sustainion™) for use in CO2 electrolysis. These membranes incorporate the functional character of imidazolium‐based ionic liquids as co‐catalysts in CO2 reduction into a solid membrane with a styrene backbone. We find that the addition of an imidazolium group onto the styrene side‐chains increases the selectivity of the reaction from approximately 25 % to approximately 95 %. The current at 3 V is increased by a factor of 14. So far we have been able to tune these parameters to achieve stable cells that provide current densities higher than 100 mA cm−2 at 3 V cell potential with a CO product selectivity over 98 %. Stable performance was observed for 6 months of continuous operation (>150 …
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