EP2686464B1 - Procédé pour la conversion électrochimique sélective de co2 en hydrocarbures en c2 - Google Patents

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EP2686464B1
EP2686464B1 EP12715237.9A EP12715237A EP2686464B1 EP 2686464 B1 EP2686464 B1 EP 2686464B1 EP 12715237 A EP12715237 A EP 12715237A EP 2686464 B1 EP2686464 B1 EP 2686464B1
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Marta Catarina MARTINS RAMOS GONÇALVES
Tiago COSTA DUARTE PARDAL
José Augusto DÂMASO CONDEÇO
Joaquim Miguel BADALO BRANCO
Tomás Rei CLÁUDIO FERNANDES
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  • the present invention relates to the field of electrochemistry and, in general, to a method of conversion of CO 2 into hydrocarbons, namely C2 hydrocarbons (ethylene and ethane).
  • honeycomb-like structures were studied by Nikoli ⁇ et al. (2007), namely the honeycomb-like structures. According to these authors, the main characteristics of honeycomb-like structures are the existence of two groups of craters or holes of distinct nature. They pointed out that a group of holes or craters is formed by the connection of hydrogen bubbles that resulted from an intense hydrogen evolution reaction during the deposition. The other group is originated from the agglomerates of copper grains formed in the initial stage of electrodeposition. They also referred that for longer times of deposition a third class of holes could be formed through the combination of the holes of the first two groups. Nevertheless, these authors did not refer any application of this type of electrodeposits on the electroreduction of CO 2 or any data that allowed the prediction of the behavior of this type of deposits on the referred reaction.
  • the process of this invention concerns the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide in aqueous solutions into hydrocarbons and, more specifically to C2 hydrocarbons (ethylene and ethane) without the formation of methane.
  • C2 hydrocarbons ethylene and ethane
  • the achievement of mixtures with a higher C2 hydrocarbons content represents an advantage in relation to the mixtures described in the prior art, since higher energetic densities are attained considering the same content of hydrogen or carbon monoxide. This advantage makes them more appropriated, for instance, to be utilized as fuels.
  • the process is carried out in an electrochemical cell wherein the cathode is a modified electrode with copper electrodeposits that increases the activity and selectivity of the method under stable CO 2 conversion.
  • the conversion of CO 2 is performed in a one step, easily scalable and can operate at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure.
  • the number of carbon atoms in the generated hydrocarbon molecules can be controlled by the increase of copper active surface area available for CO 2 electroreduction.
  • the hydrocarbons produced can be subsequently used as industrial feedstock.
  • the process of this invention for the conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons, and more specifically into hydrocarbons with two carbon atoms (C2 hydrocarbons) is performed in an electrochemical cell.
  • the cell is preferentially a two compartment cell in which the cathode and the anode are separated preferentially by an ion exchange membrane.
  • the anode may be any suitable electrically conducting material appropriate for effective operation in an electrolytic cell, for example, platinum, graphite and glassy carbon.
  • the cathode material may be any suitable electrically conducting material such as copper or glassy carbon.
  • the cathode substrate may have any suitable configuration appropriate for electro-deposition, including mesh and foil configurations.
  • the cathode surface is modified by in-situ or ex-situ copper electrodeposition.
  • the ex-situ deposition is preferable to provide a stable and exclusive conversion of carbon dioxide into C2 hydrocarbons and can be performed using preferably copper sulphate as the source of copper cations and sulphuric acid to increase the acidity of the deposition bath.
  • Modified copper electrodes with good mechanical resistance and an extremely large useable surface area were used as obtained.
  • in-situ electrodeposition consists of in-situ electroplating which comprises reduction of carbon dioxide through the addition of copper ions to the electrolyte at a concentration higher than 0,005 M.
  • it further comprises addition and contact with the surface of the cathode of a carbon dioxide flow and a current supply between the anode and cathode for the selective reduction of carbon dioxide into ethane to ethylene.
  • the presence of the electrodeposits at the electrode surface strongly modifies the catalytic behavior of the electrodes for the conversion of carbon dioxide, consequently changing the composition of the gaseous hydrocarbon products created.
  • the catholyte may be any inorganic salt aqueous solution in which the carbon dioxide is soluble, such as KHCO 3 , NaHCO 3 and KCl, preferably KHCO 3 , in concentrations of around 0.03 to 0.5 M, at a pH preferably of around 4 to 9.
  • the anolyte may be preferably the same as the catholyte.
  • a suitable ion exchange membrane that can be used may be any ion exchange membrane that allows the passage of protons, such as Nafion 117, or Nafion 417.
  • the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to C2 hydrocarbons is achievable by using an electrochemical cell that possesses one cathode with copper electrodeposits submerged in an electrolyte in which the CO 2 is soluble.
  • any suitable shape and disposition of an electrochemical cell can be used.
  • the electrochemical reduction process can be carried out in a continuous mode (galvanostatic or potentiostatic) or in a pulsed electrolytic mode.
  • the applied voltage is in the range between -0.5 V to -4 V in relation to the reference electrode of silver / silver chloride or by an electrolytic pulsed mode.
  • the modified cathodes presented in Figures 1 to 3 are used in the electrochemical cell for the conversion of carbon dioxide.
  • the electrodeposit at the electrode surface strongly modifies the catalytic behavior of the electrodes used for the carbon dioxide conversion, modifying subsequently the composition of the gaseous hydrocarbons (reaction products).
  • Fig. 1 The structure shown in Fig. 1 consists of dendritic copper deposits. It was discovered that this type of electrodeposits promotes ethylene production in detriment of methane. Additionally, it was verified that the bigger the coverage of the surface electrode with dendritic copper electrodeposits, the bigger was the selectivity for ethylene.
  • the cathode modified with copper honeycomb-like structures shown in Fig. 2 promotes only the production of C2 hydrocarbons (ethylene and ethane), not being detected methane. This result is innovative and is due to a high surface area of the electrodeposits, its morphology and structure.
  • the honeycomb-like structure of electrodeposits has a higher quantity of copper grains per volume. This configuration enhances the proximity of the active electro-catalytic sites, which results in an increased likelihood for the formations of hydrocarbons with longer chains.
  • the modified cathode illustrated in Fig. 3 is a three-dimensional copper open structure which is extremely porous. This configuration allows rapid transport of gas and liquid, and its high surface area and mechanically well-supported structure is desirable for electrochemical reactions.
  • the products are C2 hydrocarbons without formation of methane.
  • This result confirms that the availability of the copper active surface and the spatial distribution of the electro-catalytic zones are the key parameters for the conversion of carbon dioxide in hydrocarbons with two carbon atoms. Additionally it was verified that the copper electrodeposits obtained by ex-situ electrodeposition lead to the stability of the carbon dioxide reduction process, this is, to the stability of the hydrocarbon production due to the weak deactivation of the cathode.
  • the present invention and the knowledgment of the state-of-the-art indicate that the selective reduction of the carbon dioxide into C2 hydrocarbons may follow the following reaction mechanism:
  • the modified electrodes have a distinct catalytic behavior from the substrate behavior modifying the distribution of the hydrocarbons resulting from the reaction.
  • This catalytic activity is mainly dependent on the characteristics of the electrodeposits, more specifically on the active surface area, on the morphology, and on the crystalinity (this is the structure of the copper crystals).
  • a copper mesh cathode was modified with copper electrodeposits by ex-situ electrodeposition, having the configuration of Fig.1 .
  • Potentiostatic reduction of carbon dioxide was performed in a flat cell (similar to the one depicted in Figure 4 ) at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, under conditions of continuous carbon dioxide flow.
  • the electrolytic solution used was of potassium bicarbonate (Merck, p.a.) with a concentration of 0.1 M.
  • a cationic exchange membrane separated the catholyte and anolyte compartments.
  • the anode was a platinum mesh.
  • the applied electrode potential was - 1.9 V, measured against a silver/silver chloride reference electrode.
  • the faradaic efficiencies of the products were calculated on the basis of the number of electrons required for the formation of one molecule of the products from carbon dioxide and water; eight for methane, twelve for ethylene, fourteen for ethane, two for carbon monoxide and two for molecular hydrogen. Only gaseous products were analyzed.
  • the utilization of electrodes with a dendritic morphology resulted in a selective production of ethylene instead of methane.
  • the electrode promotes an almost selective production of ethylene (33.3 %), being the methane production of 3.6 %.
  • Example II To confirm that the products obtained in Example II were an inherent characteristic of the electrode, different potentials and different concentrations of electrolyte were tested.
  • the CO 2 electroreduction was carried out at various cathode potentials and electrolyte concentrations.
  • the results for the potentiostatic reduction in the range -1.5 to -1.9 V in relation to Ag / AgCl are shown in Fig. 5 .
  • a high selectivity to C2 hydrocarbons without production of methane was observed for all conditions tested. Only the C2 hydrocarbons composition was modified.

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  1. Processus pour la conversion électrochimique sélective du CO2 en hydrocarbures C2, à la température ambiante et pression atmosphérique, comprenant un système à deux phases liquide/solide consistant en une cellule électrochimique avec un anode et une cathode, caractérisé par ladite cathode modifiée par électrodéposition de cuivre ayant soit :
    a. Une structure/morphologie de monocouche poreuse avec des cratères (1) ;
    b. Une morphologie dendritique ou
    c. Une structure tridimensionnelle multicouche de pores avec des tailles différentes (2).
  2. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que la cathode comprend des structures dendritiques et/ou poreuses en structure nid d'abeilles ou en un type/ morphologie d'éponge créée par l'électrodéposition ex-situ.
  3. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par une cathode modifiée avec électrodéposition de cuivre in-situ ou électrodéposition de cuivre ex-situ, dans lequel l'électrodéposition in-situ consiste en l'électroplacage in-situ qui comprend la réduction de dioxyde de carbone par l'addition d'ions de cuivre à l'électrolyte à une concentration supérieur à 0,005M, et l'électrodéposition ex-situ comprend la conversion stable et exclusif de dioxyde de carbone en hydrocarbones C2, préférablement en utilisant sulfate de cuivre comme la source de cations de cuivre et acide sulfurique pour augmenter l'acidité du bain de déposition.
  4. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par une cathode en matériau conducteur électrique, comme du cuivre ou du carbone vitreux, avec une configuration adaptée à l'électroplacage, y compris les mailles, les tôles ou les feuilles.
  5. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'électrolyte est une solution aqueuse d'un sel inorganique dans lequel CO2 est soluble, comme le KHCO3, NaHCO3, et KCl, préférablement KHCO3, à une concentration entre 0.03 et 0.5M à un pH entre 4 et 9.
  6. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par l'addition et contact avec la surface de ladite cathode d'un flux de dioxyde de carbone et une source de courant entre l'anode et la cathode pour la réduction sélective du dioxyde de carbone en éthane et en éthylène.
  7. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par une organisation dans laquelle plusieurs cellules électrochimiques sont disposées les unes après les autres tant que l'effluent gazeux d'une cellule soit introduit dans la cellule immédiatement en aval, et ainsi de suite pour diminuer la concentration de CO2 dans le mélange réactionnel final.
  8. Processus selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ledit processus peut être effectué e continu, en mode galvanostatique ou potentiostatique, pour l'application d'une voltage entre -0.5 et -4V par rapport à l'électrode de référence en argent/chlorure d'argent ou par un mode électrolytique pulsé.
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