Effects of water on low-overpotential CO2 reduction in ionic liquid studied by sum-frequency generation spectroscopy

Abstract

Adding water lowers the RTIL structural transition potential and the CO2 reduction threshold potential. Multiply-bonded CO is likely the more efficient catalytic site.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1039/c7cp00118e

Entities

People

  • Dana D. Dlott
  • Natalia García Rey

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Division of Chemistry
  • United States Army
  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics