The Effect of Electrolyte pH and Impurities on the Stability of Electrolytic Bicarbonate Conversion.

ABSTRACT: Electrolytic bicarbonate conversion holds the promise to integrate carbon capture directly with electrochemical conversion. Most research has focused on improving the faradaic efficiencies of the system, however, the stability of the system has not been thoroughly addressed. Here, we find that the bulk electrolyte pH has a large effect on the selectivity, where a higher pH results in a lower selectivity. However, the bulk electrolyte pH has no effect on the stability of the system. A decrease in CO selectivity of 30 % was observed within the first three hours of operation in an optimized system with 3 M KHCO₃ and gap between the membrane and electrode. Single-pass electrolyte experiments at various constant pH values (8.5, 9.0, 9.5, and 10.0), show that only at a pH of 10 the CO

SUBMITTER: Burgers I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11912112 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature