US 11,959,183 B2
Dilute alloy catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction
Juergen Biener, San Leandro, CA (US); Sneha Akhade, Oakland, CA (US); Monika Biener, San Leandro, CA (US); Zhen Qi, Tracy, CA (US); Joel Varley, Livermore, CA (US); Stephen Weitzner, Livermore, CA (US); and Vedasri Vedharathinam, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Filed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/061,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/936,110, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0147989 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. C25B 11/081 (2021.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); C22C 9/01 (2006.01); C22C 9/02 (2006.01); C22C 9/04 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); C23C 14/30 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C25B 1/00 (2021.01); C25D 3/58 (2006.01)
CPC C25B 11/081 (2021.01) [B05D 1/02 (2013.01); C22C 9/01 (2013.01); C22C 9/02 (2013.01); C22C 9/04 (2013.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/30 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); C25B 1/00 (2013.01); C25D 3/58 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product, the product comprising:
a dilute alloy catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction, the catalyst having a majority component and at least one minority component; and a cathode, the catalyst being coupled to the cathode,
wherein the majority component of the catalyst is present in a concentration of greater than 90 atomic percent of the catalyst,
wherein the majority component is copper,
wherein each minority component of the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of: a transition metal, a main group metal, a lanthanide, and a semimetal.