CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach

Acuña Girault, Adalberto; Gómez del Campo Rábago, Ximena; Contreras Ruiz, Marco Antonio; Ibanez, Jorge G.

CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach

During the SARS-2-Covid pandemic our institution sought to continue the teaching and learning of experimental laboratories by designing, assembling, and delivering a microscale chemistry kit to the students’ homes. Thanks to this approach students were able to perform ~25 experiments during each one...

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Autores:	Acuña Girault, Adalberto, Gómez del Campo Rábago, Ximena, Contreras Ruiz, Marco Antonio, Ibanez, Jorge G.
Tipo de recurso:	artículo
Fecha de publicación:	2022
País:	España
Institución:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:	UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:	inglés
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Acceso en línea:	https://hdl.handle.net/2117/374151 https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.1610
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Palabra clave:	Chemistry -- Study and teaching Chemistry -- Experiments Environmental chemistry Electrochemistry Aluminum Carbon dioxide Redox reactions CO2 capture Química -- Ensenyament Química -- Experiments Química ambiental Electroquímica Alumini Anhídrid carbònic Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Metodologies docents::Aprenentatge actiu

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spelling	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approachAcuña Girault, AdalbertoGómez del Campo Rábago, XimenaContreras Ruiz, Marco AntonioIbanez, Jorge G.Chemistry -- Study and teachingChemistry -- ExperimentsEnvironmental chemistryElectrochemistryAluminumCarbon dioxideCarbon dioxideAluminumRedox reactionsElectrochemistryCO2 captureQuímica -- EnsenyamentQuímica -- ExperimentsQuímica ambientalElectroquímicaAluminiAnhídrid carbònicÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Metodologies docents::Aprenentatge actiuDuring the SARS-2-Covid pandemic our institution sought to continue the teaching and learning of experimental laboratories by designing, assembling, and delivering a microscale chemistry kit to the students’ homes. Thanks to this approach students were able to perform ~25 experiments during each one of the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters in an elective Electrochemistry and Corrosion course offered to Chemical Engineering undergraduates. In addition to performing traditional experiments, students were encouraged to design some of their own and have the entire group reproduce them. One of such student-designed experiments involved the capture of CO2 and its reduction with a readily available active metal (i.e., Al foil) in aqueous media to generate potentially useful products. The highly negative standard potential of Al is exploited for the reduction of lab-generated CO2, and the products are chemically tested. Al as a foil has been reported to be electrochemically inactive for carbon dioxide reduction. However, encouraged by an earlier report of the reduction of CO2 to CO, the Al surface is activated in the present experiment by removal of its natural oxide layer with a solution of CuCl 2 produced in an electrochemical cell. This procedure enables Al to react with CO2 and yield useful chemistry. This experiment turned to be a discovery trip. The detailed procedure is discussed here, as well as the teaching methodology, grading scheme, and student outcomesPeer ReviewedOmniaScience20222022-07-0120222022-10-07journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/374151https://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jotse.1610reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3741512026-05-27T15:37:01Z
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title	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach
spellingShingle	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach Acuña Girault, Adalberto Chemistry -- Study and teaching Chemistry -- Experiments Environmental chemistry Electrochemistry Aluminum Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide Aluminum Redox reactions Electrochemistry CO2 capture Química -- Ensenyament Química -- Experiments Química ambiental Electroquímica Alumini Anhídrid carbònic Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Metodologies docents::Aprenentatge actiu
title_short	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach
title_full	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach
title_fullStr	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach
title_full_unstemmed	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach
title_sort	CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv	Acuña Girault, Adalberto Gómez del Campo Rábago, Ximena Contreras Ruiz, Marco Antonio Ibanez, Jorge G.
author	Acuña Girault, Adalberto
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topic	Chemistry -- Study and teaching Chemistry -- Experiments Environmental chemistry Electrochemistry Aluminum Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide Aluminum Redox reactions Electrochemistry CO2 capture Química -- Ensenyament Química -- Experiments Química ambiental Electroquímica Alumini Anhídrid carbònic Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Metodologies docents::Aprenentatge actiu
description	During the SARS-2-Covid pandemic our institution sought to continue the teaching and learning of experimental laboratories by designing, assembling, and delivering a microscale chemistry kit to the students’ homes. Thanks to this approach students were able to perform ~25 experiments during each one of the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters in an elective Electrochemistry and Corrosion course offered to Chemical Engineering undergraduates. In addition to performing traditional experiments, students were encouraged to design some of their own and have the entire group reproduce them. One of such student-designed experiments involved the capture of CO2 and its reduction with a readily available active metal (i.e., Al foil) in aqueous media to generate potentially useful products. The highly negative standard potential of Al is exploited for the reduction of lab-generated CO2, and the products are chemically tested. Al as a foil has been reported to be electrochemically inactive for carbon dioxide reduction. However, encouraged by an earlier report of the reduction of CO2 to CO, the Al surface is activated in the present experiment by removal of its natural oxide layer with a solution of CuCl 2 produced in an electrochemical cell. This procedure enables Al to react with CO2 and yield useful chemistry. This experiment turned to be a discovery trip. The detailed procedure is discussed here, as well as the teaching methodology, grading scheme, and student outcomes
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CO2 capture and conversion: A homemade experimental approach

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