Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethylene : spectroscopic evaluation of copper electrodes

Abstract

The research in this thesis was performed in the PhotoCatalytic Synthesis group within the faculty of Science and Technology, and the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente. This research was financed by the Solar to Products project 733.000.008 "Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethylene" of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 TO ETHYLENE - SPECTROSCOPIC EVALUATION OF COPPER ELECTRODES