@article{10902/28582,
year = {2023},
month = {4},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/28582},
abstract = {The study of the electrochemical CO2 reduction to obtain formate (HCOO–) or formic acid (HCOOH) is receiving much attention as a promising technology. Since continuous–mode operation has become necessary for practical implementation of electrochemical CO2 reduction, recent years have seen a rapid increase in the number of research approaches focusing on this aspect. This Focus Review provides a unified discussion of the available studies on the continuous electroreduction of CO2 to HCOO–/HCOOH, considering the different important features of process design. Moreover, this paper quantitatively assesses the performance of different studies that involve continuous electrochemical reactors for converting CO2 to HCOOH/HCOO–, comparing relevant typically used figures of merit, including energy consumption. Although some relevant trade-offs have already been achieved, the simultaneous optimization of all the figures of merit remains a challenge. Finally, concluding remarks highlight the detected trends and discuss relevant aspects that will have to be tackled by future studies in this field.},
organization = {The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) through the projects PID2019-108136RB-C31 and PID2020-112845RB-I00 (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033).},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
publisher = {ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8(4), 1992-2024},
title = {Electroreduction of CO2: advances in the continuous production of formic acid and formate},
author = {Fernández Caso, Kevin and Díaz Sainz, Guillermo and Álvarez Guerra, Manuel and Irabien Gulías, Ángel},
}