Developing gold-based electrocatalysts for the production of fuels from CO2 and water
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Carbon dioxide electroreduction is presented as a way to convert CO2 into commodity chemicals. This thesis starts with an overview of CO2 electroreduction, the methods used to study CO2 electroreduction catalysts and analysis of a specific application of CO2RR: the conversion of CO2 emissions from the fermentation of corn. Subsequently, a thorough analysis of gold as a catalyst for CO2 electroreduction is presented, followed by analysis of four novel gold-based materials for CO2 electroreduction. For these materials, electrochemical analysis and characterization is discussed as well as some mechanistic implications. The thesis is concluded with a combination of theory and experimental hydrogen partial current densities to generate a relationship between surface CO-binding and HER during CO2 electroreduction.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Cave, Etosha |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Jaramillo, Thomas Francisco |
| Primary advisor | Mitchell, Reginald |
| Thesis advisor | Jaramillo, Thomas Francisco |
| Thesis advisor | Mitchell, Reginald |
| Thesis advisor | Nørskov, Jens K |
| Advisor | Nørskov, Jens K |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Etosha Cave. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- © 2015 by Etosha Cave
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