Insights into the carbon balance for CO <sub>2</sub> electroreduction on Cu using gas diffusion electrode reactor designs
Ming Ma, Ezra L. Clark, Kasper T. Therkildsen, Sebastian Dalsgaard, Ib Chorkendorff, Brian Seger
Abstract
The carbon balance during high-rate CO <sub>2</sub> reduction in flow electrolyzers was rigorously analyzed, showing that CO <sub>2</sub> consumption should be taken into account for evaluating catalytic selectivity of gas products.
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