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Title: A Review of the Use of Immobilized Ionic Liquids in the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2

Abstract

This paper is a review on the application of imidazolium-based ionic liquids tethered to polymer backbones in the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to carbon monoxide and formic acid. These tethered ionic liquids have been incorporated into novel anion ion exchange membranes for CO2 electrolysis, as well as for ionomers that have been incorporated into the cathode catalyst layer, providing a co-catalyst for the reduction reaction. In using these tethered ionic liquids in the cathode catalyst composition, the cell operating current increased by a factor of two or more. The Faradaic efficiencies also increased by 20–30%. This paper provides a review of the literature, in addition to providing some new experimental results from Dioxide Materials, in the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO and formic acid.

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  1. Dioxide Materials Inc., Boca Raton, FL (United States)
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Dioxide Materials Inc., Boca Raton, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Clean Coal and Carbon Management
OSTI Identifier:
1635342
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1642215
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018540; FE0031706
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2311-5629
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 10 SYNTHETIC FUELS; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; anion exchange membranes; electrochemical; formic acid; carbon monoxide; CO2 utilization; ionic liquids; alkaline water electrolysis

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Kaczur, Jerry J., Yang, Hongzhou, Liu, Zengcai, Sajjad, Syed D., and Masel, Richard I. A Review of the Use of Immobilized Ionic Liquids in the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.3390/c6020033.
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Kaczur, Jerry J., Yang, Hongzhou, Liu, Zengcai, Sajjad, Syed D., & Masel, Richard I. A Review of the Use of Immobilized Ionic Liquids in the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/c6020033
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Kaczur, Jerry J., Yang, Hongzhou, Liu, Zengcai, Sajjad, Syed D., and Masel, Richard I. Sun . "A Review of the Use of Immobilized Ionic Liquids in the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/c6020033. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1635342.
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@article{osti_1635342,
title = {A Review of the Use of Immobilized Ionic Liquids in the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2},
author = {Kaczur, Jerry J. and Yang, Hongzhou and Liu, Zengcai and Sajjad, Syed D. and Masel, Richard I.},
abstractNote = {This paper is a review on the application of imidazolium-based ionic liquids tethered to polymer backbones in the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to carbon monoxide and formic acid. These tethered ionic liquids have been incorporated into novel anion ion exchange membranes for CO2 electrolysis, as well as for ionomers that have been incorporated into the cathode catalyst layer, providing a co-catalyst for the reduction reaction. In using these tethered ionic liquids in the cathode catalyst composition, the cell operating current increased by a factor of two or more. The Faradaic efficiencies also increased by 20–30%. This paper provides a review of the literature, in addition to providing some new experimental results from Dioxide Materials, in the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO and formic acid.},
doi = {10.3390/c6020033},
journal = {C},
number = 2,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {5}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: The structure of Sustainion® membranes where an imidazolium-based cation is attached to a styrene backbone to create an immobilized ionic liquid material.C 2020, 6, x FOR PEER REVIEW 4 of 13
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