A photoelectrochemical flow cell design for the efficient CO2 conversion to fuels

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 240, Issue , 2017, Pages 225-230

  Irtem, Erdem ^a   Hernández Alonso, María D ^b   Parra, Andrés ^a   Fàbrega, Cristian ^a   Penelas Pérez, Germán ^b   Morante, Joan R ^a,c   Andreu, Teresa ^a,c  

^a CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^b REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO2 electrochemical reduction Sn GDE; formate; photoelectrochemical cell; solar fuels; TiO2 photoanode

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUELS; LIGHT; MASS TRANSFER; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDUCTION; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; FORMATE; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SOLAR FUELS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85018476473     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.04.072     Document Type: Article

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