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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 264, Issue -, Pages 302-309Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.081
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Cu/Cu2O semiconductor; Carbon dioxide conversion; Synthesis of methanol from CO2
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- Brazilian funding agency FAPESP [2008/10449-7, 2012/02725-0]
- Brazilian funding agency CAPES
- Brazilian funding agency CNPq
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [12/02725-0] Funding Source: FAPESP
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This work focuses on photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction at a Cu/Cu2O electrode (1 x 1 cm(2)). The formation of methanol, ethanol, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone was monitored during UV-visible radiation for 3 h at +0.20 V (vs. Ag/AgCl reference); 80% of the initial CO2 was removed. In this process, the photogenerated electrons in the p-type Cu2O semiconductor reduced CO2 (CO2 + e(-) --> CO2-center dot). Subsequent reaction involved radical species that originated during photolysis and dictated the product distribution observed. Methanol formation prevailed for a short period (<30 min); acetaldehyde and acetone were the main products after a longer accumulation period (>120 min). A reaction scheme is presented to account for the product evolution and reactions with the H-center dot, CH3 center dot, and OH center dot radical species generated in situ. The medium pH was identified as a key variable in the selectivity of the methanol formation. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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