Highly efficient formic acid and carbon dioxide electro-reduction to alcohols on indium oxide electrodes
Kayode Adesina Adegoke, Shankara G. Radhakrishnan, Clarissa L. Gray, Barbara Sowa, Cláudia Morais, Paul Rayess, Egmont R. Rohwer, Clément Comminges, Kouakou Boniface Kokoh, Emil Roduner
Abstract
Co-electrolysis of formic acid and water using an indium oxide cathode catalyst yields a mixture of methanol, ethanol and iso-propanol with a Faraday efficiency up to 82.4%. The reaction of aqueous carbon dioxide occurs<italic>via</italic>a competing pathway.
Topics & Concepts
Formic acidElectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxideElectrolysisMethanolIndiumCarbon dioxideInorganic chemistryOxideAqueous solutionChemistryCatalysisCarbon monoxideElectrodeOrganic chemistryElectrolytePhysical chemistryCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsIonic liquids properties and applicationsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis