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  • Artigo IPEN-doc 28670
    CO2 reduction on Cu/C used as a cathode in a polymeric electrolyte reactor
    2022 - LIMA, MARIANA; GODOI, CAMILA M.; SANTOS, MONIQUE C.L.; NANDENHA, JULIO; NETO, ALMIR O.; SOUZA, RODRIGO F.B. de
    CO2 is one of the leading greenhouse gases, so studies that turn this gas into higher value-added products, that function as simpler and cheaper hydrogen stores, as an alcohols, are extremely important. In this work we using a polymeric Electrolyte Reactor– fuel cell type supplied with H2 on platinum anode and dry CO2 in the cathode with a copper-carbon electrocatalyst. Copper nanoparticles supported on carbon Vulcan XC72 were produced by the sodium borohydride reduction method. The XRD revealed the presence of two different phases, CuO and Cu2O. In addition, the TEM images revealed agglomerates presence. The water, formaldehyde, methanol, methane, formic acid, dimethyl ether, oxalic acid, dimethyl carbonate, and ethylene-glycol were observed by differential mass spectroscopy on line with the reaction and the onset potential for each product and these results were confirmed by infrared spectroscopy – ATR-FTIR setup. This work showed the mapping CO2 reduced compounds for onset potential proposing some contributions to the literature.
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 27383
    High CO tolerance of Pt nanoparticles synthesized by sodium borohydride in a time-domain NMR spectrometer
    2020 - RAMOS, A.S.; SANTOS, M.C.L.; GODOI, C.M.; QUEIROZ, L.C. de; NANDENHA, J.; FONTES, E.H.; BRITO, W.R.; MACHADO, M.B.; NETO, A.O.; SOUZA, R.F.B. de
    The CO poisoning effect was overcome using a novel synthesis method. This method consists of using sodium borohydride reducing agent assisted by magnetic field and radiofrequency pulses in the time-domain NMR spectrometer. This synthesis was useful to disperse the Pt nanoparticles over the carbon support and to compress the lattice strain of the Pt crystalline structure. Besides that, Pt/C MFP90° showed a multi-CO oxidation component in cyclic voltammetry, and this can avoid the poisoning effect by creating a large availability of CO species to be adsorbed, desorbed, and re-adsorbed. Pt/C MFP90° has also shown the best performance in the PEMFC regarding H2 and CO + H2 experiments.