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Thermal, electrochemical, and photochemical conversion of CO2 to fuels and value-added products
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In this paper, a review compares various alternate fuels and value-added products from conversion of carbon dioxide such as simple molecules to higher hydrocarbon fuels and polymers, and summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of conversion.Abstract:
This review compares various alternate fuels and value-added products from conversion of carbon dioxide such as simple molecules to higher hydrocarbon fuels and polymers. Different methods of activation are summarized that lead to different products. We summarize the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of conversion of carbon dioxide. An overall summary is given at the end of the review that discusses future approaches and promising approaches.read more
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Review of fossil fuels and future energy technologies
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Tuning Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions at the Metal/Oxide Interface
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Plasma technology - a novel solution for CO2 conversion?
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Hydrogenation of CO2 to value-added products—A review and potential future developments
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Exceptional size-dependent activity enhancement in the electroreduction of CO2 over Au nanoparticles.
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TL;DR: It is shown that the H2/CO product ratio can be specifically tailored for different industrial processes by tuning the size of the catalyst particles, which favor the evolution of H2 over CO2 reduction to CO.
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CO2 Reduction at Low Overpotential on Cu Electrodes Resulting from the Reduction of Thick Cu2O Films
Christina W. Li,Matthew W. Kanan +1 more
TL;DR: Modified Cu electrodes were prepared by annealing Cu foil in air and electrochemically reducing the resulting Cu(2)O layers, which resulted in electrodes whose activities were indistinguishable from those of polycrystalline Cu and a higher level of activity than all previously reported metal electrodes evaluated under comparable conditions.
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Ionic Liquid–Mediated Selective Conversion of CO2 to CO at Low Overpotentials
Brian A. Rosen,Amin Salehi-Khojin,Michael R. Thorson,Wei Zhu,Devin T. Whipple,Paul J. A. Kenis,Richard I. Masel +6 more
TL;DR: An electrocatalytic system that reduces CO2 to carbon monoxide (CO) at overpotentials below 0.2 volt is reported, and the system continued producing CO for at least 7 hours at Faradaic efficiencies greater than 96%.
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Prospects of CO2 Utilization via Direct Heterogeneous Electrochemical Reduction
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