Activated carbon/graphene composite electrodes with green polymeric binder for carbon dioxide reduction: Preliminary study
MUHAMAD FARHAN HAQEEM Bin Othman, INTAN SYAFIQAH Ismail, MUHAMAD HAFIZHAN HAFIY Mohammad Azmi, NOR ADILLA Rashidi, SUZANA Yusup, NORIDAH Osman
download PDFAbstract: In the present study, a few types of green polymer binder such as Xanthan gum (XG), Carboxyl methylcellulose (CMC) and Sodium alginate (SA) have been prepared with activated carbon-graphene oxide composite electrode (AC/GO). Throughout the experiment, CMC as an individual polymeric binder produce the least amount of the weight loss (8.28%). To enhance the adhesion, the binder was mixed with synthetic binder (PEI), which results in mass loss of 1.86%. Furthermore, the electrochemical analysis depicts that AC/GO-SA produces the highest current rate (-7.8 mA/cm-2) throughout the 30 min of reduction process, with 16.9% Faradaic efficiency. The experimental results show that a facile, low-cost, eco-friendly design of green polymer binder is promising for the carbon dioxide reduction, thus, promote a greener technology.
Keywords
Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Activated Carbon-Graphene Oxide Composite, Green Polymeric Binder, Biopolymer, Electrocatalytic Reaction
Published online 5/20/2023, 9 pages
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Citation: MUHAMAD FARHAN HAQEEM Bin Othman, INTAN SYAFIQAH Ismail, MUHAMAD HAFIZHAN HAFIY Mohammad Azmi, NOR ADILLA Rashidi, SUZANA Yusup, NORIDAH Osman, Activated carbon/graphene composite electrodes with green polymeric binder for carbon dioxide reduction: Preliminary study, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 29, pp 272-280, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902516-30
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