Electrolysis of CO2 to Syngas in Bipolar Membrane-Based Electrochemical Cells

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1149-1153

  Li, Yuguang C ^a   Zhou, Dekai ^a   Yan, Zhifei ^a   Gonçalves, Ricardo H ^a   Salvatore, Danielle A ^b   Berlinguette, Curtis P ^b   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHODES; CELLS; CURRENT DENSITY; CYTOLOGY; DENSITY OF GASES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; SYNTHESIS GAS;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; AQUEOUS BICARBONATES; BIPOLAR MEMBRANES; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; NON-PRECIOUS METALS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85021981397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00475     Document Type: Article

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