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US 9,566,574 B2Granted
Catalyst mixtures
AssigneeDioxide Materials, Inc.
InventorsRichard I. Masel, Brian A. Rosen
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AssigneeDioxide Materials, Inc.
InventorsRichard I. Masel, Brian A. Rosen
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Catalysts that include at least one catalytically active element and one helper catalyst can be used to increase the rate or lower the overpotential of chemical reactions. The helper catalyst can simultaneously act as a director molecule, suppressing undesired reactions and thus increasing selectivity toward the desired reaction. These catalysts can be useful for a variety of chemical reactions including, in particular, the electrochemical conversion of CO2 or formic acid. The catalysts can also suppress H2 evolution, permitting electrochemical cell operation at potentials below RHE. Chemical processes and devices using the catalysts are also disclosed, including processes to produce CO, OH−, HCO−, H2CO, (HCO2)−, H2CO2, CH3OH, CH4, C2H4, CH3CH2OH, CH3COO−, CH3COOH, C2H6, O2, H2, (COOH)2, or (COO−)2, and a specific device, namely, a CO2 sensor.
An electrochemical cell having a fluid phase, the fluid phase comprising a hydrogen evolution suppressor comprising a cation having at least one positive group selected from ammoniums and phosphoniums, and the cation further having at least one polar group covalently bonded to said cation and selected from the group consisting of —OR, —COR, —COOR, —NR2, —PR2, —SR and —X, where each R independently can be H or a linear, branched, or cyclic C1-C4 aliphatic group, —COOR is not a carboxylic acid, and —X is a halide.
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