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US 2022/0186385 A1Published application
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
AssigneesSaudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorsFayez Nasir Al-Rowaili, Mazen Khaled, Aqil Jamal, Sagheer A. Onaizi, Umer Zahid
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Abstract
A method and an electrocatalytic electrode for electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to methanol are provided. An exemplary electrocatalytic electrode includes copper (I) oxide crystals electrodeposited over an atomically smooth copper electrode.
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A method for electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to methanol, comprising:
- electropolishing a copper electrode to form an atomically smooth copper electrode;
- electrochemically depositing copper (I) oxide crystals over the atomically smooth surface of the copper electrode to form an electrocatalytic electrode;
- electrochemically reducing the carbon dioxide to form methanol using the electrocatalytic electrode;
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- isolating the methanol.
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An electrocatalytic electrode, comprising copper (I) oxide crystals electrodeposited over an atomically smooth copper electrode.
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