Selective CO2 Reduction to Ethylene Using Imidazolium-Functionalized Copper was written by Cheng, Banggui;Du, Jiehao;Yuan, Huiqing;Tao, Yuan;Chen, Ya;Lei, Jingxiang;Han, Zhiji. And the article was included in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces in 2022.Reference of 21252-69-7 This article mentions the following:
Electrochem. CO2 reduction is a promising approach to obtain sustainable chems. in energy conversion. Improving the selectivity of CO2 reduction toward a particular C2 product such as ethylene remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report a series of imidazolium hexafluorophosphate compounds as surface modifiers for planar Cu foils to boost the Faradaic efficiency (FE) of ethylene from 5 to 73%, which is among the highest reported using polycrystalline Cu. The modified electrodes are convenient to prepare The structure-function study demonstrates that varying the alkyl or aromatic substituents on the imidazolium nitrogen atoms has significant effects on the morphol. of the deposited films and the product selectivity of CO2 reduction Exptl. FECâ?, FEC2H4, ln(FECâ?/FECH4), and ln(FEC2H4/FEC2H5OH) values show generally linear relationships with FEH2 while using different imidazolium modifiers, suggesting that factors governing proton reduction may also be directly related to both overall Câ? generation and ethylene selectivity. This work presents an effective and practical way in tailoring the active sites of metallic surface for selective CO2 reduction In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 1-Octyl-1H-imidazole (cas: 21252-69-7Reference of 21252-69-7).
1-Octyl-1H-imidazole (cas: 21252-69-7) belongs to imidazole derivatives. The solubility of imidazoles in ethers is lower than that in alcohols and decreases with increasing chain length of the ethers . In contrast, the solubility of benzimidazoles in alcohols (C3–C6) is higher than in water and generally decreases with a Imidazole also acts as a microtubule destabilizing agents and inhibits topoisomerase and Cytochrome P450 Family 26 Subfamily A Member 1 (CYP26A1) enzymes.Reference of 21252-69-7
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