Applied Chemistry, Vol.1, No.1, 142-145, May, 1997
충진층 전극반응기에서 이산화탄소의 전해환원
Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in a Packed Bed Electrode Reactor
초록
구리를 충진한 충진층 전극 반응기에서 이산화탄소의 전해환원시 유속에 따른 생성물의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 메탄의 생성속도가 유속이 증가함에 따라 회분식 반응기에서보다 그리고 평판전극을 이용한 연속식 반응기에서 보다 큰 생성속도로 생성되었다. 그리고 에틸렌의 경우 메탄과 유사한 경향이 보였으나 메탄의 생성속도보다 20배 정도 낮게 나타났다. 수소의 생성에 따른 메탄의 전류효율을 비교하여 보면 유속이 200ml/min일 때 수소는 최소의 값을 보였고, 메탄은 반대의 경향을 보였다.
Carbon dioxide is the ultimate by-product if all processes involving oxidation of carbon compounds and its increasing presence in the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution has given rise to widespread conceal about possible consequences (the so called "Green house effect"). Therefore, the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide has attracted considerable attention in recent years. In this paper, the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons (methane etc.) and alcohols were packed bed electrode reactor with copper particle of continuous flow under 20℃, 1atm. In order to investigate the influence of flow rate, the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide in packed bed electrode reactor were experimented with various potential conditions. The products of carbon dioxide reduction were analyzed by G.C. Maximum mol rate of methane were 4.71×10-4mol/hr at -1.3V vs. SCE of 300ml/nin. Where mol rate of the ethylene were lower 20 times than methane. Maximum faradaic efficiency H2 was observed in 200ml/min flow rate. But faradaic efficiency of the methane were presented a tendency to inverse.