Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: Towards Electrochemical Reduction of CO_2

摘要

The continuous increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO_2) concentration along with pollution of waters by organic wastes have led the scientific community to investigate novel strategies to address these worldwide environmental problem. Electrochemical methods are a promising approach to convert CO_2 into a variety of useful chemicals and to remove contaminants from wastewater. Nevertheless, it is necessary to develop inexpensive and chemically robust electrodes with long lifetime in harsh electrochemical conditions for these processes to be efficient and economically viable.