Pushing the activity of CO2 electroreduction by system engineering

Hao Shen; Zhengxiang Gu; Gengfeng Zheng

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2019.08.027

Pushing the activity of CO₂ electroreduction by system engineering

Sci Bull (Beijing). 2019 Dec 30;64(24):1805-1816. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.08.027. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

Authors

Hao Shen¹, Zhengxiang Gu¹, Gengfeng Zheng²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
² Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China. Electronic address: gfzheng@fudan.edu.cn.

PMID: 36659577
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.08.027

Abstract

As a promising technology that may solve global environmental challenges and enable intermittent renewable energy storage as well as zero-carbon-emission energy cycling, the carbon dioxide reduction reaction has been extensively studied in the past several years. Beyond the fruitful progresses and innovations in catalysts, the system engineering-based research on the full carbon dioxide reduction reaction is urgently needed toward the industrial application. In this review, we summarize and discuss recent works on the innovations in the reactor architectures and optimizations based on system engineering in carbon dioxide reduction reaction. Some challenges and future trends in this field are further discussed, especially on the system engineering factors.

Keywords: Artificial photosynthesis; CO(2) reduction; Catalytic reactor engineering; Electrocatalysis; Flow-cell electrolyzer.

Publication types

Review