Tunable CO2 electroreduction to ethanol and ethylene with controllable interfacial wettability
Tianjin University · Unité Matériaux et Transformations · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract The mechanism of how interfacial wettability impacts the CO 2 electroreduction pathways to ethylene and ethanol remains unclear. This paper describes the design and realization of controllable equilibrium of kinetic-controlled *CO and *H via modifying alkanethiols with different alkyl chain lengths to reveal its contribution to ethylene and ethanol pathways. Characterization and simulation reveal that the mass transport of CO 2 and H 2 O is related with interfacial wettability, which may result in the variation of kinetic-controlled *CO and *H ratio, which affects ethylene and ethanol pathways. Through modulating the hydrophilic interface to superhydrophobic interface, the reaction limitation shifts…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 14.43
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 56
Authors
13- YLYan LinCorresponding
Tianjin University, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin
- TWTuo Wang
Tianjin University, National University of Singapore, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin
- LZLili Zhang
Tianjin University, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin
- GZGong Zhang
Tianjin University, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin
- LLLulu Li
Tianjin University, Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin
Topics & keywords
- Wetting
- Ethylene
- Ethanol
- Chemical engineering
- Materials science
- Chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Catalysis