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Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Monoxide on Cu, Fe, Brass Electrode in Solid Electrolyte Cells

HAO Jin-Ku*, CAO Ying-Yu, SHEN Yong-Li, ZHUGE Shang-Qi, BAI Dong-Hua   

  1. School of Chemistry and Life Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300074, China
  • Received:2005-04-06 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2006-06-10 Published:2006-06-10
  • Contact: HAO Jin-Ku

Abstract: A new electrolysis system was developed for the conversion of CO to formaldehyde and ethylene, in which the electrochemical reduction took place at the two-phase(gas/solid) interface on Cu, Fe and Brass electrodes with α-Zr(HPO4)2H2O(ZrP) used as proton-conducting solid electrolyte at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The products for eletroreduction of CO depended on the different metal electrodes and the current densities. Considerable faradic efficiency was observed for HCHO at Cu/ZrP cathode electrode over a wide range of current density. And the faradic efficiency of HCHO increased with the increase of the current density and approached 29.0% at a current density of 100 mA·cm-2. The Cu/ZrP cathodic surface reaction mechanism was proposed, i.e., oxygencon-taining Cu…HCO was formed and the fine product HCHO was obtained. The faradic efficiency of C2H4 increased with the increase of the current density and approached 15.0% at a current density of 100 mA·cm-2 on Fe/ZrP cathode electrode. The Fe/ZrP surface reaction mechanism was proposed, that was, radical coordinate Fe…H2 was formed and the product C2H4 was obtained.

Key words: Electrocatalysis, Reduction, CO, Solid electrolyte

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