CO2 reduction aiming to generate value-added compounds by photocatalysis/photoelectrocatalysis using ionic liquid in a pressurized reactor

• Grant number: 16/18057-7
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering
• Cooperation agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Maria Valnice Boldrin
• Grantee: João Angelo de Lima Perini
• Home Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50945-4 - INCT 2014: National Institute for Alternative Technologies of Detection, Toxicological Evaluation and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactivies, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/16062-9 - Photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 and water splitting at Photoanode-Driven reactor using TiO2NT/BiVO4 and FTO/BiVO4 as photoanode and GDL-PtNP as cathode, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Considering that the increase of CO2 emissions in recent years is an environmental threat concern for the Earth's climate, the great challenge is to find efficient alternatives to reduce the level of CO2 through processes of removal, sequestration, use and conversion. This proposal aims to improve the performance of photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic reactors on CO2 reduction into fuel, testing Ti/TiO2 nanotubes and nanowires decorated with metallic nanoparticles of Cu, Pd, Ag, Au e Pt, in order to contribute to the study of: (i) CO2 recycling, (ii) mitigation of atmospheric CO2, that is closely associated with global warming, (iii) creating highly sustainable and renewable energy sources, and (iv) find new ways to transform CO2 into higher-added value products. Therefore, the intended project look for synthesize, characterize and apply new semiconductor materials in the form of Ti/TiO2 to lead the reduction of CO2 efficiently and sustainably using UV and visible light, as well as potential gradient. Considering that one of the CO2 limitations conversion studies in aqueous medium it's the low solubility at ambient temperature and pressure, it's intended to improve the performance of CO2 conversion in aqueous medium developing photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic reactors operant in ionic liquids medium and high pressure. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MOURA TORQUATO, LILIAN D.; PASTRIAN, FABIAN A. C.; LIMA PERINI, JOAO A.; IRIKURA, KALLYNI; BATISTA, ANA PAULA DE L.; DE OLIVEIRA-FILHO, ANTONIO G. S.; CORDOBA DE TORRESI, SUSANA I.; BOLDRIN ZANONI, MARIA V. Relation between the nature of the surface facets and the reactivity of Cu2O nanostructures anchored on TiO2NT@PDA electrodes in the photoelectrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to methanol. APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, v. 261, FEB 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

LIMA PERINI, JOAO ANGELO; MOURA TORQUATO, LILIAN D.; IRIKURA, KALLYNI; BOLDRIN ZANONI, MARIA VALNICE. Ag/polydopamine-modified Ti/TiO2 nanotube arrays: A platform for enhanced CO2 photoelectroreduction to methanol. JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, v. 34, p. 596-605, DEC 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DE BRITO, JULIANA FERREIRA; LIMA PERINI, JOAO ANGELO; PERATHONER, SIGLINDA; BOLDRIN ZANONI, MARIA VALNICE. Turning carbon dioxide into fuel concomitantly to the photoanode-driven process of organic pollutant degradation by photoelectrocatalysis. Electrochimica Acta, v. 306, p. 277-284, MAY 20 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.

LIMA PERINI, JOAO A.; CARDOSO, JULIANO C.; DE BRITO, JULIANA F.; BOLDRIN ZANONI, MARIA V. Contribution of thin films of ZrO2 on TiO2 nanotubes electrodes applied in the photoelectrocatalytic CO2 conversion. JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, v. 25, p. 254-263, MAY 2018. Web of Science Citations: 6.