Faraday efficiency

Photoelectrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Value-Added Products

Published in Anirban Das, Gyandshwar Kumar Rao, Kasinath Ojha, Photoelectrochemical Generation of Fuels, 2023

Paras Kalra, Cini M. Suresh, Rashid, Pravin P. Ingole

The faradaic efficiency of a particular product is the ratio of the charge transferred toward the formation of the product relative to the total charge passed through the circuit. It points out the selectivity of the electrocatalysts toward a particular product. A high faradaic efficiency (<>80%) for the desired product is one of the parameters that measures the effectiveness of the electrocatalyst. But at the same time, the rate and partial current density of the particular product need to be looked into to get a complete outlook of the catalytic activity of the electrocatalyst.

Current achievements and the future direction of electrochemical CO₂ reduction: A short review

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Published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2020

Mi-Young Lee, Ki Tae Park, Wonhee Lee, Hyungseob Lim, Youngkook Kwon, Seoktae Kang

One of the most important measures in electrochemical processes is Faradaic efficiency (FE). Apart from current density (j) which is the measure of an overall performance, FEs describe the selectivity of a given system towards a certain product. In electrochemical CO2 reduction, FE becomes especially important because there are 5 different classes of products that tend to form concomitantly in the process – carbon monoxide, organic acids (formic acid and acetic acid), methane, alcohols (methanol, ethanol, and n-propanol), and C2 products (ethylene and ethane). Therefore, studies in the field of electrochemical CO2 reduction have focused primarily on increasing FE and current density (overall performance) toward a selected product.

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