Photons to formate: Efficient electrochemical solar energy conversion via reduction of carbon dioxide

被引：75

作者：

White, James L. ^{[1
]}

Herb, Jake T. ^{[1
]}

Kaczur, Jerry J. ^{[2
]}

Majsztrik, Paul W. ^{[2
]}

Bocarsly, Andrew B. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[2] Liquid Light Inc, Monmouth Jct, NJ USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION | 2014年 / 7卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

CO2; electroreduction; Solar energy storage; Liquid solar fuel; Artificial photosynthesis; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN; WATER; CO2; ELECTRODES; PHOSPHIDE; METHANOL;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jcou.2014.05.002

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

The storage of solar energy as formic acid generated electrochemically from carbon dioxide has been identified as a viable solar fuel pathway. We report that this transformation can be accomplished by separating light absorption and CO2 reduction through the use of a commercial solar panel illuminated with natural AM1.5 sunlight to power a custom closed-loop electrochemical flow cell stack. Faradaic yields for formate of up to 67% have been demonstrated in this system, yielding a solar energy to fuel thermionic conversion efficiency above 1.8%. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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