Issue 50, 2015

Synthesis of Pb2O electrocatalyst and its application in the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH in various electrolytes

Abstract

The reduction of CO2 to products electrochemically (RCPE) using synthesized Pb2O and Co3O4 electrocatalysts in various electrolytes was investigated under ambient conditions. The catalyst (Pb2O) was synthesized electrochemically using an electrodeposition technique. Electrodes were prepared using the synthesized electrocatalysts coated on a graphite plate surface for RCPE. Pb2O/(graphite plate) and Co3O4/(graphite plate) were used as the cathode and anode, respectively, in RCPE. The experiments were conducted at different applied voltages (1.5 to 3.5 V) and time intervals of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 min using both carbonates and bicarbonates of sodium and potassium electrolytes separately. Formic acid (HCOOH) was formed for all the applied voltages at different time intervals in the presence of the four electrolytes considered herein. However, higher Faradaic efficiencies were obtained for the bicarbonate based solutions than the carbonates. At 2 V, maximum Faradaic efficiencies of ∼60% and ∼50% for HCOOH were obtained after 10 min of reaction in KHCO3 and NaHCO3 electrolyte solutions, respectively.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of Pb2O electrocatalyst and its application in the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH in various electrolytes

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Apr 2015
Accepted
27 Apr 2015
First published
27 Apr 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 40414-40421

Author version available

Synthesis of Pb2O electrocatalyst and its application in the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH in various electrolytes

V. S. K. Yadav and M. K. Purkait, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 40414 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA05899F

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