Method of Electrochemical Conversion of Aqueous Solutions of Carbonates, Bicarbonates, CO2, C2-C5 Acids, Salts of C2-C5 Acids and Mixtures Thereof

0577191 - ÚCHP 2025 RIV eng P - Patent Document
Dytrych, Pavel - Fajgar, Radek - Dřínek, Vladislav - Koštejn, Martin - Jandová, Věra
Method of Electrochemical Conversion of Aqueous Solutions of Carbonates, Bicarbonates, CO2, C2-C5 Acids, Salts of C2-C5 Acids and Mixtures Thereof.
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OECD category: Chemical process engineering

The present invention provides a method for electrochemically converting a starting electrolyte, selected from aqueous solutions of alkali metal carbonate, ammonium carbonate, alkali metal bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonia, CO2, a C2-C5 carboxylic acid, a C2-C5 carboxylic acid salt with an alkali metal or ammonium, or mixtures thereof, to form alcohols and/or carboxylic acid salts, wherein the said method is carried out in an electrochemical reactor in which the cathode is a catalyst comprising copper silicide, copper germanide and/or mixed copper germanide/silicide.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346411