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Title: Reducing carbon dioxide to products

Abstract

A method reducing carbon dioxide to one or more products may include steps (A) to (C). Step (A) may bubble said carbon dioxide into a solution of an electrolyte and a catalyst in a divided electrochemical cell. The divided electrochemical cell may include an anode in a first cell compartment and a cathode in a second cell compartment. The cathode may reduce said carbon dioxide into said products. Step (B) may adjust one or more of (a) a cathode material, (b) a surface morphology of said cathode, (c) said electrolyte, (d) a manner in which said carbon dioxide is bubbled, (e), a pH level of said solution, and (f) an electrical potential of said divided electrochemical cell, to vary at least one of (i) which of said products is produced and (ii) a faradaic yield of said products. Step (C) may separate said products from said solution.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Liquid Light, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1159937
Patent Number(s):
8845878
Application Number:
13/787,304
Assignee:
Liquid Light, Inc. (Monmouth Junction, NJ)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25B - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0006201
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Cole, Emily Barton, Sivasankar, Narayanappa, Parajuli, Rishi, and Keets, Kate A. Reducing carbon dioxide to products. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Cole, Emily Barton, Sivasankar, Narayanappa, Parajuli, Rishi, & Keets, Kate A. Reducing carbon dioxide to products. United States.
Cole, Emily Barton, Sivasankar, Narayanappa, Parajuli, Rishi, and Keets, Kate A. Tue . "Reducing carbon dioxide to products". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1159937.
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