Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is notorious for being a greenhouse gas and is the most important cause of global warming. However, it can be converted into useful products as it is a source of carbon. Reduction of CO2 is therefore an attractive research topic for many chemists. Different methods of electrocat...

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Main Author: Khalaf Alenezi
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1501728
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description Carbon dioxide (CO2) is notorious for being a greenhouse gas and is the most important cause of global warming. However, it can be converted into useful products as it is a source of carbon. Reduction of CO2 is therefore an attractive research topic for many chemists. Different methods of electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 have been reported previously. Since CO2 is very stable, the direct electroreduction of CO2 into CO requires high potential at −2.2 V versus Ag/AgCl. In this work, CO2 reduction was carried out by the photoelectrocatalysis of CO2 in the presence of cobalt(III)tetraphenylporphyrin [Co(TPP)Cl] at −1.85 V with a current efficiency of 71%. At illuminated p-type silicon photocathode, the reduction of CO2 into CO was performed at a potential of 300 mV which is positive. However, at the same conditions, potential of −1.55 V with a current efficiency of ca 65% is required for the carbon electrode.
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spelling doaj-art-c5c74596d6bf4d0f9246f7640e08844d2025-02-03T05:46:40ZengWileyJournal of Chemistry2090-90632090-90712016-01-01201610.1155/2016/15017281501728Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl ComplexKhalaf Alenezi0Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi ArabiaCarbon dioxide (CO2) is notorious for being a greenhouse gas and is the most important cause of global warming. However, it can be converted into useful products as it is a source of carbon. Reduction of CO2 is therefore an attractive research topic for many chemists. Different methods of electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 have been reported previously. Since CO2 is very stable, the direct electroreduction of CO2 into CO requires high potential at −2.2 V versus Ag/AgCl. In this work, CO2 reduction was carried out by the photoelectrocatalysis of CO2 in the presence of cobalt(III)tetraphenylporphyrin [Co(TPP)Cl] at −1.85 V with a current efficiency of 71%. At illuminated p-type silicon photocathode, the reduction of CO2 into CO was performed at a potential of 300 mV which is positive. However, at the same conditions, potential of −1.55 V with a current efficiency of ca 65% is required for the carbon electrode.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1501728
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Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex
Journal of Chemistry
title Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex
title_full Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex
title_fullStr Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex
title_full_unstemmed Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex
title_short Electrocatalytic Study of Carbon Dioxide Reduction By Co(TPP)Cl Complex
title_sort electrocatalytic study of carbon dioxide reduction by co tpp cl complex
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