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Electrochemically Enabled Sustainability
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Electrochemically Enabled Sustainability

by Kwong-Yu Chan, Chi-Ying Vanessa Li
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
519 pages
17h 58m
English
CRC Press
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21Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide
1.3.2 Choice of Cathode Materials with Favourable
ElectrocatalyticProperties
The identity of the cathode materials is essential for the outcome of CO
2
elec-
troreduction. While an earlier electrode classication was based on whether
the cathode metal belonged to the sp- or the d-metal group [50], Hori con-
sidered that the performance of various metals is loosely related to the peri-
odic table. For aqueous electrolytes, Hori [82,83] suggested regrouping the
electrode metals into two categories: (1) CO formation metals (Cu, Au, Ag,
Zn, Pd, Ga, Ni and Pt) and (2) metals that yield formate (Hg, Pb, Zn, In, Sn,
Cd and Tl). As discussed in the previous section, copper represents a very
special electrode ma
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