Khurram, A.; et al. (2018): Tailoring the Discharge Reaction in Li-CO2 Batteries through Incorporation of CO2 Capture Chemistry

Khurram, A.; He, M.; Gallant, B. (2018): Tailoring the Discharge Reaction in Li-CO2 Batteries through Incorporation of CO2 Capture Chemistry. In: Joule. DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.002.

„This work presents the design and study of a novel chemistry for post-combustion CO₂ capture and conversion. We show that adding a CO₂ capture agent such as an alkyl amine into an organic, Li⁺-containing electrolyte yields a new redox-active species that can be directly reduced at a catalyst-free carbon electrode in a Li-CO₂ battery with high discharge voltage and capacity. The central advance reported herein is the first-time coupling of CO₂ capture chemistry to nonaqueous electrochemistry, which opens up new avenues for realizing electrochemical CO₂ transformations with high selectivity.“

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