(276a) Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction: Overview, Catalysts, and Reactor Designs

Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction can produce carbon-based fuels and chemicals using only three inputs: carbon dioxide, water, and electricity. The potential of this technology to reduce emissions and produce renewable materials has led to a rapid increase in research in this area over the last decade. This talk will review current understanding of heterogenous transition metal electrocatalysts for this process and carbon dioxide electrolyzer designs used for fundamental research and industrial applications. Carbon dioxide electroreduction presents a number of unique experimental challenges that must be overcome in order to accurately report reaction products and voltage. Potential sources of error and best practices to avoid these issues will be discussed.