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Title: Reactor with advanced architecture for the electrochemical reaction of CO2, CO, and other chemical compounds

Abstract

A platform technology that uses a novel membrane electrode assembly including a cathode layer comprising a reduction catalyst and a first anion-and-cation-conducting polymer, an anode layer comprising an oxidation catalyst and a cation-conducting polymer, a membrane layer comprising a cation-conducting polymer, the membrane layer arranged between the cathode layer and the anode layer and conductively connecting the cathode layer and the anode layer, in a COx reduction reactor has been developed. The reactor can be used to synthesize a broad range of carbon-based compounds from carbon dioxide.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1650891
Patent Number(s):
10648091
Application Number:
15/586,173
Assignee:
Opus 12 Inc. (Berkeley, CA); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES C25B - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/03/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Kuhl, Kendra P., Cave, Etosha R., and Leonard, George. Reactor with advanced architecture for the electrochemical reaction of CO2, CO, and other chemical compounds. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Kuhl, Kendra P., Cave, Etosha R., & Leonard, George. Reactor with advanced architecture for the electrochemical reaction of CO2, CO, and other chemical compounds. United States.
Kuhl, Kendra P., Cave, Etosha R., and Leonard, George. Tue . "Reactor with advanced architecture for the electrochemical reaction of CO2, CO, and other chemical compounds". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650891.
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