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. 2020 Jul 13;11:3499. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17125-4

Table 1.

(Photo-)electrolysis performances.

System # Electrolyte t (h) Eapplied (V vs. RHE) jtotal,TiO2 (mA cm−2) ηCO2/CO (mV) CO H2
FE [Select.] (%) TONc FE [Select.] (%)
EC 1 0.1 M KHCO3 CO2 sat. (pH = 6.8) 2 −0.51 1.22 400 63 [80] 1002 16 [20]
2 0.1 M KH2PO4/K2HPO4 Ar sat. (pH = 6.8) 2 −0.51 3.00 NA 0 [0] NA 86 [100]
PV–EC 3 0.1 M KHCO3 CO2 sat. (pH = 6.8) 2 0.14 0.90 −250 80 [80] 941 20 [20]
4 0.1 M KHCO3 CO2 sat. (pH = 6.8) 2 −0.06 3.25 −50 96 [87] 4060 14 [13]
5a 0.5 M KHCO3 CO2 sat. (pH = 7.2) 7 −0.03 1.78 −80 NR [82] NR NR [18]
PEC 6 0.1 M KHCO3 CO2 sat. (pH = 6.8) 2 −0.06 0.81 −50 89 [97] 8031 3 [3]
7b 0.1 M KHCO3 CO2 sat. (pH = 6.8) 2 −0.06 0.05 −50 0 [0] NA 31 [100]

aUnder continuous gas flow.

bNo catalyst.

cLowest estimation (see Methods).

NA not applicable, NR not reported (experiments under gas flow).