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Cinétique électrochimique

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Rate-Determining Step for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Carbon Monoxide at Silver Electrodes

Sophia Haussener, Etienne Boutin

Silver is one of the most studied electrode materials for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a product with many industrial applications. There is a growing number of reports in which silver is implemented in gas diffusio ...

2024

Green hydrogen production using Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bioanode and cuprous oxide-based photocathode

Michele Morgante

In recent years, many efforts have been made to find alternative renewable energy sources that can ideally replace the use of fossil fuels in all aspects. One of the new emerging energy technologies is the bioelectrochemical system, of which two types are ...

EPFL2024

Multiphysics model for assessing photoelectrochemical phenomena under concentrated irradiation

Sophia Haussener, Isaac Thomas Holmes-Gentle, Franky Esteban Bedoya Lora

A multiphysics model was developed for a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell at the device level to simulate water splitting operating under concentrated irradiation (between 50 to 600 kW m−2). The 2D model couples charge, heat, mass, photon, and momentum tran ...

2023

Development of new volcano-shaped microelectrodes for single cell electrochemistry, electrophysiology and impedance studies

Nicolas Grégoire Maïno

Micro- nano-electrodes have demonstrated superior performances in measuring attenuated intracellular action potentials from electrogenic cell cultures compared to traditional multi-electrode arrays. Yet, the understanding of the critical electrode features ...

EPFL2023

Anisotropic In-Plane strain engineering Ni(OH)2 to activate alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Kangning Zhao

Realizing a hydrogen economy strongly requires alkaline water electrolysis to achieve large-scale generation of H2, but lacks stable and efficient catalysts. The insufficient active sites in Ni(OH)2 impair the catalytic performance of alkaline HER. Herein, ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

Electrochemically CO2 conversion using homogeneous and nanostructured heterogeneous Ru (II) electrocatalysts

Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

The reduction of carbon dioxide to desirable products is an urgent goal in favour of the environment, the energy-cycle and mankind. We report the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to carbon monoxide by means of the ho-mogeneous electrocatalyst (1), [Ru(bpy) ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Monitoring and understanding Cu catalyst dissolution during CO2 electroreduction

Jan Vávra

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is a promising approach to decrease the amount of anthropogenic CO2 being released into the atmosphere, provided that a surplus of renewable electrical energy is available. Copper based materials are at the cente ...

EPFL2022

Electrochemical imaging of metabolic activity in tissue and biofilms

Sorour Darvishi

Non-invasive and semi-invasive bioimaging is of great interest for the rapid diagnosis and efficient as well as specific treatments of biological systems affecting human health, such as cancer tissue and biofilms. Electrochemical bioimaging is one of the d ...

EPFL2022

Electrokinetic, electrochemical, and electrostatic surface potentials of the pristine water liquid-vapor interface

Philip Robin Loche

Although conceptually simple, the air-water interface displays rich behavior and is subject to intense experimental and theoretical investigations. Different definitions of the electrostatic surface potential as well as different calculation methods, each ...

AIP Publishing2022

The Role of Organic Promoters in the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide

Paul Joseph Dyson, Dmitry Vasilyev

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR) currently attracts considerable attention as a way to make fuels and value-added products from CO2 using renewable energy. Much effort has been devoted to developing efficient electrode materials for ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Electrospun nanofibers for electrochemical reduction of CO2: A mini review

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) into valuable products represents a step towards alleviating global warming and the energy crisis. However, the sluggish kinetics of the CO2RR and the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) still limit th ...

Elsevier2021

A Crevice Corrosion Model for Biomedical Trunnion Geometries and Surfaces Feature

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz, Angela Bermudez Castañeda

Modular hip joint implants were introduced in arthroplasty medical procedures because they facilitate the tailoring of patients’ anatomy, the use of different materials in one single configuration, as well as medical revision. However, in certain cases, su ...

2021

In situ nanoscale studies of copper-based catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction

Karla Banjac

The urgency of climate change demands the simultaneous removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and the transition to renewable energy sources. This aim is realizable through electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR), which is a promising ro ...

EPFL2021

Synergistic Cu/CeO2 carbon nanofiber catalysts for efficient CO2 electroreduction

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR) has attracted enormous interest because of the energy crisis and climate change; however, more efficient catalysts are required for practical applications. Herein, we present electrospinning as a faci ...

Elsevier2020

Structural Screening and Design of Platinum Nanosamples for Oxygen Reduction

Kevin Rossi

Nanocatalyst-by-design promises to empower the next generation of electrodes for energy devices. However, current numerical methods consider individual and often geometrical closed-shell nanoparticles, neglecting how the coexistence of several and structur ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Principal Descriptors of Ionic Liquid Co-catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Dmitry Vasilyev, Serhii Shyshkanov, Erfan Shirzadi

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR) is promoted by ionic liquid (IL) co-catalysts, and several mechanisms have been proposed to explain their role. Due to the complexity of the CO2RR and the limited number of active IL co-catalysts, a conse ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Tribocorrosion behaviour of pure titanium in bovine serum albumin solution: A multiscale study

Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Tribocorrosion behaviour of pure titanium in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) solution has been investigated systematically as a function of surface chemistry and bovine serum albumin (BSA) content in the solution. A ball-on-disk tribometer coupled with an el ...

ELSEVIER2020

Metal-organic framework derived copper catalysts for CO2 to ethylene conversion

Jun Li

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethylene provides a carbon-neutral avenue for the conversion of CO2 to value-added fuels and feedstocks, so contributing to the storage of intermittent renewable electricity. The exploration of efficient electrocatal ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2020

Rational design of ionic compounds for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide

Dmitry Vasilyev

Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is one of the plausible approaches towards renewable energy carriers. When coupled with electricity, which can be provided by sustainable technologies, it becomes a method of high importance with potential value ...

EPFL2019

Electrochemical detection of different p53 conformations by using nanostructured surfaces

Sandro Carrara, Francesca Stradolini, Sarah Tonello

Protein electrochemistry represents a powerful technique for investigating the function and structure of proteins. Currently available biochemical assays provide limited information related to the conformational state of proteins and high costs. This work ...

Springer Nature2019