TY - JOUR
T1 - Carbon Materials as Cathode Constituents for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction-A Review
AU - Messias, Sofia
AU - da Ponte, Manuel Nunes
AU - Reis-Machado, Ana S.
N1 - This work was performed under the project "SunStorage-Harvesting and storage of solar energy", with reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016387, funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through COMPETE 2020-Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (OPCI), and by national funds, through FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia I.P.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - This work reviews the latest developments of cathodes for electrochemical CO2 reduction, with carbon black, mesoporous carbons, carbon nanofibers, graphene, its derivatives and/or carbon nanotubes as constituents. Electrochemical CO2 reduction into fuels and chemicals powered by renewable energy is a technology that can contribute to climate change mitigation. Strategies used in this fast-evolving field are discussed, having in mind a commercial application. Electrochemical performance of several materials is analyzed, using in some cases the findings of theoretical computational studies, which show the enormous potential of these materials. Considerable challenges still lie ahead to bring this technology into industrial deployment. However, the significant progress achieved so far shows that further R&D efforts might pay off.
AB - This work reviews the latest developments of cathodes for electrochemical CO2 reduction, with carbon black, mesoporous carbons, carbon nanofibers, graphene, its derivatives and/or carbon nanotubes as constituents. Electrochemical CO2 reduction into fuels and chemicals powered by renewable energy is a technology that can contribute to climate change mitigation. Strategies used in this fast-evolving field are discussed, having in mind a commercial application. Electrochemical performance of several materials is analyzed, using in some cases the findings of theoretical computational studies, which show the enormous potential of these materials. Considerable challenges still lie ahead to bring this technology into industrial deployment. However, the significant progress achieved so far shows that further R&D efforts might pay off.
KW - electrochemical reduction of CO2
KW - electro-catalysis
KW - nanocarbon catalysts
KW - carbon nanotubes
KW - graphene
KW - CO2 utilization
U2 - 10.3390/c5040083
DO - 10.3390/c5040083
M3 - Review article
VL - 5
JO - C — Journal of Carbon Research
JF - C — Journal of Carbon Research
IS - 4
M1 - 83
ER -
