Producing a solar fuel, by reaction of water and CO2 captured from the environment is an attractive option to store cheap intermittent renewable electricity in a fuel that can be directly introduced to the market, with net zero CO2 emissions.
This project aims to develop electrochemical technology for this application by fundamental investigation (both computationally and experimentally) of catalysts, including metal alloys and innovative supports, and organic electrolytes. In order to screen materials and to rationalize the effect of each interplaying factor, a new testing unit will be developed wherein materials and operating conditions can be varied, mass transfer can be controlled, and in-situ analysis (both quantitatively and qualitatively) of the products of electrochemical CO2reduction is possible.
Researcher
Akansha Goyal
PhD candidate
Leiden University
Project Supervisor
Guido Mul
Professor of Photocatalytic synthesis
University of Twente
Project Supervisor
Petra de Jongh
Professor of Inorganic nanomaterials
Utrecht University
Project Supervisor
Marc Koper
Professor of Catalysis and surface chemistry
Leiden University
Project Supervisor
Project Supervisor
Hans Geerlings
Delft University of Technology
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