Felicia Di Costola
Synthesis and Characterization of Copper-Silver Bimetallic Cathodes for Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide.
Rel. Giancarlo Cicero, Juqin Zeng. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Materials Engineering, 2023
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Abstract
My thesis work “Synthesis and Characterization of Copper-Silver Bimetallic Cathodes for Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide” has the aim to research and study innovative catalysts to obtain high-value products by reducing CO2, a dangerous greenhouse gas and a common waste of industrial processes. In particular, the work aims at exploiting the ability of certain metals that, when employed as electrodes in electrochemical cells, have the capability to catalyze the chemical reactions of interest. Although, the process would seem rather simple, in the reality it presents many problems. Firstly, CO2 is a very stable gas and therefore difficult to reduce; this makes the reduction process an energy intensive one.
In addition, high activity, selectivity, and durability of the catalysts are very difficult goals to achieve
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