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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Utah State University, Logan, UT (US);
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
A method of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide includes the use of multi-faceted CuO crystals as a catalyst to convert COto value-added products. An electrochemical cell for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide includes a cathode including the multi-faceted CuO crystals. The multi-faceted CuO crystals have at least two different types of facets with different Miller indices. The multi-faceted CuO crystals include steps and kinks present at the transitions between the different types of facets. These steps and kinks improve the Faradaic Efficiency of the conversion of carbon dioxide. The multi-faceted CuO crystals may be nanosized. The multi-faceted CuO crystals may include 18-facet, 20-facet, and/or 50-facet CuO crystals.