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FARADAY DISCUSSIONS
Volume 230, Issue -, Pages 331-343Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0fd00140f
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- EPSRC [EP/P034497/1]
- CO2Chem seedcorn grant
- EPSRC [EP/P034497/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Imidazolium ionic liquids show potential in carbon dioxide reduction and capture. By exploring CO2 electrochemical reduction at high pressures, a correlation was found between the volume expansion of the ionic liquid and achieved catalytic current density. Improved electrocatalytic behavior is attributed to increased CO2 concentration and enhanced mass transport properties of gas-expanded ionic liquid.
Imidazolium ionic liquids are potentially useful solvents for both carbon dioxide reduction conversion and capture. In particular electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has been shown to occur at low overpotentials using a 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([EMIM][OTf]) and water mixed solvent. A limitation of such solvent systems is their viscosity, making it hard to maintain reasonable catalytic current densities without energy intensive stirring/agitation of the electrolyte. Here we explore the electrochemical reduction of CO2 at high pressures (0.1 to 5.1 MPa) and demonstrate a correlation between the volume of expansion of the ionic liquid and the achieved catalytic current density. The improved electrocatalytic behaviour is proposed to be due to both the increased bulk CO2 concentration and the improved mass transport properties of the gas-expanded ionic liquid. These initial studies at pressure represent a step towards realising an integrated CO2 capture and utilisation system based around a common ionic liquid.
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