Low-Temperature Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Liquid Fuels: Effect of the Cu Particle Size
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Characterization of The Cu Powder Catalysts and The Cu Electrodes
2.2. CO2 Conversion Electrocatalytic Experiments
3. Materials and Methods
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Powder Metal Loading/wt % | Electrode Metal Weight/mg·cm−2 | Surface Area/m2·g−1 | Total Pore Volume/cm3·g−1 | TPR-Tmax/°C | Mean Particle Size from XRD/nm |
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AC | - | - | 866 | 0.293 | - | - |
50% Cu-AC | 55 | 0.22 | 773 | 0.186 | 171 | 40 |
20% Cu-AC | 19 | 0.18 | 797 | 0.260 | 185 | 14 |
10% Cu-AC | 12 | 0.16 | 817 | 0.274 | 193 | 12 |
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De Lucas-Consuegra, A.; Serrano-Ruiz, J.C.; Gutiérrez-Guerra, N.; Valverde, J.L. Low-Temperature Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Liquid Fuels: Effect of the Cu Particle Size. Catalysts 2018, 8, 340. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080340
De Lucas-Consuegra A, Serrano-Ruiz JC, Gutiérrez-Guerra N, Valverde JL. Low-Temperature Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Liquid Fuels: Effect of the Cu Particle Size. Catalysts. 2018; 8(8):340. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080340
Chicago/Turabian StyleDe Lucas-Consuegra, Antonio, Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Nuria Gutiérrez-Guerra, and José Luis Valverde. 2018. "Low-Temperature Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Liquid Fuels: Effect of the Cu Particle Size" Catalysts 8, no. 8: 340. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080340