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Ionic Liquid Based CO2 Capturing Fuel Cell for Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Michal V. Wolkin ,
Raphael Stumpp  and
Karl Littau
Michal V. Wolkin
Affiliation:
mwolkin@hotmail.com, Palo Alto Research Center, Hardware Systems Lab, 3333 Coyotee Hill Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, United States
Raphael Stumpp
Affiliation:
Raphael. stumpp@parc.com, Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, United States
Karl Littau
Affiliation:
karl.littau@parc.com, Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, United States
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Abstract

Room-temperature ionic liquids are utilized in a new CO2 capturing fuel cell. The cell is aimed at the efficient and cost effective removal of CO2 emitted from transportation related sources. The CO2 is captured from the atmosphere and is later converted into carbon free synthetic fuel such as methanol. In this study we optimized the operating conditions and the cell electrolytes. With ionic liquids such as 1-Butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium dicyanamide, the extraction efficiencies increased to ∼20% while simultaneously making the capture process more robust. The ionic liquid approach is also compared to existing aqueous electrochemical CO2 concentration previously proposed by NASA for aerospace applications but with much lower efficiencies.

Keywords

environmentally protectivehydrogenationdiffusion
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1082: Symposium Q – Ionic Liquids in Materials Synthesis and Application , 2008 , 1082-Q08-02
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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