Engineering gas diffusion electrodes for electrochemical carbon dioxide upgrading

Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2R) is increasingly recognized as a viable technology for the generation of chemicals using carbon dioxide (CO₂) recovered from industrial exhaust streams or directly captured from air. If powered with low-carbon electricity, CO2R processes have the potential to reduce emissions from chemicals production. Historically, three-electrode analytical cells have been used to study catalyst activity, selectivity, and stability with a goal of incorporating proven materials into larger devices. However, it has been recognized that the limited CO₂ flux through bulk volumes of liquid electrolyte limit the effective reaction rate of CO₂ when using promising catalyst systems.

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Doctoral

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2021

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• Leonard, McLain E.(McLain Evan)

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• Fikile R. Brushett.

• Chemical Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130671

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