Electrocatalytic CO2 conversion toward large-scale deployment

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64524-3

Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2023, Vol. 53: 1-7.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64524-3

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Electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion toward large-scale deployment

Li Lin^,¹, Xiaoyang He^,¹, Shunji Xie(), Ye Wang()

State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China

Received:2023-08-24 Accepted:2023-10-03 Online:2023-10-18 Published:2023-10-25
Contact: *E-mail: shunji_xie@xmu.edu.cn (S. Xie), wangye@xmu.edu.cn (Y. Wang).
About author:Shunji Xie (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University) received his BSc and MSc degrees from Hunan University of China in 2008 and 2011, and obtained his PhD degree from Xiamen University in 2014. He then carried out a postdoctoral research at the Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM). He is currently a full professor of Xiamen University. His research interest focuses on electrocatalysis and photocatalysis for C1 and sustainable chemistry, including CO₂ reduction, CH₄ oxidation, biomass conversion and ethylene glycol synthesis.
Ye Wang (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University) received his BSc degree from Nanjing University and PhD degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He then worked at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University and Hiroshima University, and was promoted to associate professor at Hiroshima University in 2001. He became full professor of Xiamen University in August of 2001. He served as council member of International Association of Catalysis Societies and now an associate editor of ACS Catalysis. The research interest of Prof. Ye Wang’s group is catalysis for C1 and sustainable chemistry, including C−H activation and C−C coupling of C1 molecules and C−O/C−C cleavage chemistry for cellulose/lignin valorization.
¹Contributed equally to this work.
Supported by:
The National Key Research and Development Program of Ministry of Science and Technology(2022YAF1504600);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22121001);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22022201);The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2072022008);Science and Technology Project of Fujian Province(2022L3077);The Science and Technology Projects of Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province(RD2020020201)

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The electrocatalytic conversion of CO₂ into chemicals and liquid fuels, powered by renewable energy sources, is expected to reach commercial applications. This comment outlines the research directions that focus on advancing practical deployment of CO₂ electrolysis. Furthermore, the bottlenecks that limit the high-efficiency conversion of CO₂ and promising approaches to overcome them are discussed.

Key words: CO₂ conversion, Electrocatalysis, Commercial application, Challenge, Prospect

Li Lin, Xiaoyang He, Shunji Xie, Ye Wang. Electrocatalytic CO₂ conversion toward large-scale deployment[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 53: 1-7.

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Fig. 2. Progress in CO2 electrolysis performance and scale. (a) FE of target products versus total cell current density. (b) Full-cell ECE of target products (for reports with a full-cell configuration) versus total cell current density of stability test. (c) The duration of stability test versus effective reaction area. Marker shape denotes the type of electrolyzer with commercial application prospect. Detailed statistical data is available in Tables S1 and S2.

Fig. 3. The roadmap and technology maturity of CO2 electrolysis for large-scale application.

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