Rotating cylinder electrode in reactive CO₂ capture: Identifying active C species via transport, VLE models and kinetics

Here, this article explores technical challenges and potential methodologies for understanding electrochemical Reactive CO₂ Capture (RCC) mechanisms. RCC offers potential energy cost advantages by directly converting captured CO₂ into fuels and chemicals, unlike traditional carbon capture and utilization (CCU) processes that require sequential capture, concentration, and compression. However, direct conversion of captured CO₂ introduces complexity due to additional equilibrium buffer reactions, making it challenging to identify active species for reduction in electrochemical studies. This article discusses methods to integrate transport, thermodynamics, and kinetics concepts to identify active carbon sources in RCC. Vapor‐Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) and transport models are validated against experimental results obtained in a gastight rotating cylinder electrode reactor and are shown as useful tools for studying RCC in heterogeneous electrocatalysts across different capture agents, solvents, and temperatures. This article establishes an experimental framework for advancing research in electrochemical RCC.. Authors: Banerjee, Avishek [Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000153856580); Yue, Chudi [Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)]; Choi, Jounghwan [Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)]; Morales‐Guio, Carlos G. [Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000258405591). DOE Contract: SC0023427. Subjects: Electrocatalysis; Reactive CO2 Capture; Thermodynamic Models; Transport-reaction