Investigating Electrode Flooding in a Flowing Electrolyte, Gas-Fed Carbon Dioxide Electrolyzer.
carbon dioxide reduction
electrochemistry
energy conversion
gas diffusion electrodes
wetting
Journal
ChemSusChem
ISSN: 1864-564X
Titre abrégé: ChemSusChem
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101319536
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Jan 2020
19 Jan 2020
Historique:
received:
15
09
2019
revised:
29
10
2019
pubmed:
19
11
2019
medline:
19
11
2019
entrez:
19
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Managing the gas-liquid interface within gas-diffusion electrodes (GDEs) is key to maintaining high product selectivities in carbon dioxide electroreduction. By screening silver-catalyzed GDEs over a range of applied current densities, an inverse correlation was observed between carbon monoxide selectivity and the electrochemical double-layer capacitance, a proxy for wetted electrode area. Plotting current-dependent performance as a function of cumulative charge led to data collapse onto a single sigmoidal curve indicating that the passage of faradaic current accelerates flooding. It was hypothesized that high cathode alkalinity, driven by both initial electrolyte conditions and cathode half-reactions, promotes carbonate formation and precipitation which, in turn, facilitates electrolyte permeation. This mechanism was reinforced by the observations that post-test GDEs retain less hydrophobicity than pristine materials and that water-rinsing and drying electrodes temporarily recovers peak selectivity. This knowledge offers an opportunity to design electrodes with greater carbonation tolerance to improve device longevity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31736202
doi: 10.1002/cssc.201902547
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
400-411Subventions
Organisme : Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
ID : DE-SC0015173
Organisme : Swiss National Science Foundation
ID : PZEZP2_172183
Pays : Switzerland
Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : DMR-1419807
Informations de copyright
© 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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