Minyang Dai, Yan Zhang, Wenpeng Ni, Shiguo Zhang. A perspective on electrochemical conversion of CO2 to multicarbon chemicals in ionic liquids-based electrolytes[J]. Energy Lab, 2023, 1(3): 230006. doi: 10.54227/elab.20230006
Citation: Minyang Dai, Yan Zhang, Wenpeng Ni, Shiguo Zhang. A perspective on electrochemical conversion of CO2 to multicarbon chemicals in ionic liquids-based electrolytes[J]. Energy Lab, 2023, 1(3): 230006. doi: 10.54227/elab.20230006

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A perspective on electrochemical conversion of CO2 to multicarbon chemicals in ionic liquids-based electrolytes

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  • Carbon dioxide electroreduction (CRR) is a promising technology for both intermittent energy storage and emissions mitigation, but it faces challenges such as relatively high overpotential and poor selectivity. Introducing ionic liquids (ILs) into the CRR system has shown impressive activity for CO production, even in electrocatalysts that are primarily active for hydrogen evolution in aqueous electrolytes. However, converting CO2 to high-value C2+ chemicals in IL electrolytes suffers from limitations in *CO coverage, proton accessibility, and specific stabilization effects on *COOH. In this perspective, we emphasize the modification of the steady-state adsorption of *CO and other intermediates to enhance the CO2-to-C2+ conversion. More efforts need to be devoted to electrolyte modulation, involving the functional ILs design, the proton sources, and inorganic additive screening. It is also necessary to design effective electrocatalysts via developing a descriptor for C2+ selectivity, exploring the dynamic evolution of catalyst upon exposure to ILs, and constructing novel catalyst/ILs hybrids. Furthermore, developing a molecular understanding of the electrode/ILs interface and the bulk phase of IL-containing electrolytes could provide guildelines for designing an efficient electrochemical system for C2+ generation.


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  • Minyang Dai is pursuing her Ph.D degree under the direction of Prof. Shiguo Zhang at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University. Her research focuses on the design of carbon materials and the application of ionic liquids for carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction.
    Wenpeng Ni is currently a lecturer at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University. He finished a successive postgraduate and doctoral program in 2018, and received his Ph.D degree from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests mainly include the construction of high-efficient electrocatalysis system for carbon dioxide reduction and organic small molecule conversion via interfacial molecular design.
    Shiguo Zhang is currently a professor at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University. He received his Ph.D degree in 2011, supervised by Prof. Youquan Deng, from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and worked as an assistant research in the LICP from 2011 to 2012. In April 2012, he joined Prof. Masayoshi Watanabe’s group as a postdoctoral worker at Yokohama National University. His research interests include ionic liquids, carbon materials and electrochemical energy conversion and storage.
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