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Abstract The conversion of waste CO2to value‐added chemicals through electrochemical reduction is a promising technology for mitigating climate change while simultaneously providing economic opportunities. The use of non‐aqueous solvents like methanol allows for higher CO2availability and novel products. In this work, the electrochemistry of CO2reduction in acidic methanol catholyte at a Pb working electrode was investigated while using a separate aqueous anolyte to promote a sustainable water oxidation half‐reaction. The selectivity among methyl formate (a product unique to reduction of CO2in methanol), formic acid, and formate was critically dependent on the catholyte pH, with higher pH conditions leading to formate and low pH favoring methyl formate. The potential dependence of the product distribution in acidic catholyte was also investigated, with a faradaic efficiency for methyl formate as high as 75 % measured at −2.0 V vs. Ag/AgCl.
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Nickel catalyzed hydrodechlorination and CO functionalization of polyvinyl chloride
Earth-abundant Ni-catalyzed poly(vinyl chloride) hydrodechlorination leads to a polyethylene like product with in-chain incorporation of carbonyl groups using sodium formate as a source of both H and CO, yielding NaCl as a benign co-product.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2203756
- PAR ID:
- 10638618
- Publisher / Repository:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Green Chemistry
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 28
- ISSN:
- 1463-9262
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 8559 to 8568
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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