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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2011
Applicants:

Emily Barton Cole, Princeton, NJ (US);

Kyle Teamey, Washington, DC (US);

Andrew B. Bocarsly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Narayanappa Sivasankar, Plainsborough, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Emily Barton Cole, Princeton, NJ (US);

Kyle Teamey, Washington, DC (US);

Andrew B. Bocarsly, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Narayanappa Sivasankar, Plainsborough, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Liquid Light, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 3/00 (2006.01); C25B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for electrochemical production of butanol 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, a catalyst, and a cathode. Step (C) may apply an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode in the electrochemical cell sufficient for the cathode to reduce the carbon dioxide to a product mixture. Step (D) may separate butanol from the product mixture.


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