Reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into other value added and fuel chemicals at rates and overpotentials/activation energies suitable for industrial practice using energy that is not generated from fossil fuels is of great importance so that all the CO2 gas generated across the globe at all the major outlets such as, thermal power plants, cement industry, gas and oil refineries, steel plants, etc., can be converted into synthetic fuels such as, petrol (gasoline), and the anthropogenic CO2 associated global warming and its related social cost of carbon problems can be solved very easily. Today, there are about five types of energy storing CO2 reduction reactions namely; (i) thermochemical, (ii) electrochemical, (iii) photochemical (or photocatalytic), (iv) photoelectrochemical, and (v) biochemical. Among these five routes, photochemical (or photocatalytic), photoelectrochemical, and biochemical routes need sunlight as energy aid to drive these energy consuming CO2 reduction reaction, and it is a known fact that today there is no single material that can capture the required amount of sunlight (solar energy) to drive this CO2 reduction reaction with required conversion efficiency (i.e., > 10% efficiency) so that it can be practiced at industry with economical viability. Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction can be performed with required conversion efficiency (i.e., at > 100 mA/cm2 current density rate) using electricity derived from any of the renewable energy resources including sunlight. In this chapter, all the important literature published on electrochemical CO2 reduction to various value added chemicals has been presented and discussed while citing all the up to date and important references.

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Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: What Else Still Left to Be Done to Solve the CO2 Related Global Warming, Climate Change and Social Cost of Carbon Problems

  • Ibram Ganesh

摘要

Reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into other value added and fuel chemicals at rates and overpotentials/activation energies suitable for industrial practice using energy that is not generated from fossil fuels is of great importance so that all the CO2 gas generated across the globe at all the major outlets such as, thermal power plants, cement industry, gas and oil refineries, steel plants, etc., can be converted into synthetic fuels such as, petrol (gasoline), and the anthropogenic CO2 associated global warming and its related social cost of carbon problems can be solved very easily. Today, there are about five types of energy storing CO2 reduction reactions namely; (i) thermochemical, (ii) electrochemical, (iii) photochemical (or photocatalytic), (iv) photoelectrochemical, and (v) biochemical. Among these five routes, photochemical (or photocatalytic), photoelectrochemical, and biochemical routes need sunlight as energy aid to drive these energy consuming CO2 reduction reaction, and it is a known fact that today there is no single material that can capture the required amount of sunlight (solar energy) to drive this CO2 reduction reaction with required conversion efficiency (i.e., > 10% efficiency) so that it can be practiced at industry with economical viability. Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction can be performed with required conversion efficiency (i.e., at > 100 mA/cm2 current density rate) using electricity derived from any of the renewable energy resources including sunlight. In this chapter, all the important literature published on electrochemical CO2 reduction to various value added chemicals has been presented and discussed while citing all the up to date and important references.