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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Emily Barton Cole, Princeton, NJ (US);
Kyle Teamey, Washington, DC (US);
Andrew B. Bocarsly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Narayanappa Sivasankar, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Emily Barton Cole, Princeton, NJ (US);
Kyle Teamey, Washington, DC (US);
Andrew B. Bocarsly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Narayanappa Sivasankar, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Liquid Light, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to carboxylic acids, glycols, and carboxylates are disclosed. A method may include, but is not limited to, steps (A) to (D). Step (A) may introduce water to a first compartment of an electrochemical cell. The first compartment may include an anode. Step (B) may introduce carbon dioxide to a second compartment of the electrochemical cell. The second compartment may include a solution of an electrolyte and a cathode. Step (C) may apply an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode in the electrochemical cell sufficient to reduce the carbon dioxide to a carboxylic acid intermediate. Step (D) may contact the carboxylic acid intermediate with hydrogen to produce a reaction product.