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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Amin Salehi-Khojin, Chicago, IL (US);
Mohammad Asadi, Chicago, IL (US);
Bijandra Kumar, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/00 (2006.01); C25B 11/04 (2006.01); C25B 1/02 (2006.01); C25B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 11/0447 (2013.01); C25B 1/00 (2013.01); C25B 1/02 (2013.01); C25B 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates generally to improved methods for the reduction of carbon dioxide. The disclosure relates more specifically to catalytic methods for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide that can be operated at commercially viable voltages and at low overpotentials. The disclosure uses a transition metal dichalcogenide and helper catalyst in contact within the cell.