Exploring the role of the local environment in electrode-membrane assemblies for the electroconversion of CO2
Offer DescriptionContextThe electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2R) driven by renewably generated electricity (e.g., solar and wind) offers a promising means for reusing the CO2 released during the production of cement, steel, and aluminum as well as the production of ammonia and methanol. If CO2 could be removed from the atmosphere at acceptable costs, then CO2R could be used to produce carbon-containing chemicals and fuels in a fully sustainable manner. Significant progress has been made in the electro-conversion of CO2 into multi-carbon (C2+) products, drawing on proven technical features found in fuel cells, such as the gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and the membrane electrode electrolyser (MEA) architecture. Under optimal neutral and basic conditions, impressive progress has been made, with high faradic efficiency (FE,
90%) and substantial current density (
1 A.cm-2). Beyond the design of the metal catalysts, understanding the role of the local environment on the selectivity of the reaction and the stability of the system is one of the main obstacles to the development of this technology. This local environment in the microporous regions (region II) and the catalytic layer (region III) remains poorly understood, as it is located in an area that is difficult to probe using conventional operando spectroscopy techniques (Raman and infrared).The aim of the thesis will be to develop original approaches based on the coupling of textural analyses and electrochemical measurements to study the physico-chemical behaviour of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA).The electrocatalytic properties will be studied for different configurations of membrane-electrode assemblies prepared from different catalyst ink formulations in order to modulate the fluxes of CO2, ions and water at the level of the catalytic layer. Ion-conducting polymers (ionomers) will be used to modify the local concentrations of CO2, H2O, OH- and H+ to induce hydrophobicity, and charged groups at the ends of the side chains to modulate ion transport.
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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:48:11 GMT
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