A.C. Sustronk MSc (Anne)

From October 2017 onwards I'm working as a PhD student in the Films in Fluids group (FiF) of prof. dr. Nieck Benes and in the Photocatalytic Synthesis group (PCS) of Prof. dr. Guido Mul. My focus is on understanding and optimizing the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using copper hollow fibers.

Physics & Astronomy

# Catalysts
# Copper
# Electrodes
# Fibers
# Hollow

Chemistry

# Electrochemical Reduction

Engineering & Materials Science

# Calcination
# Copper

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Inorganic Membranes (IM)

The demand for processes that efficiently convert CO₂ into chemicals is increasing. A promising method is the electrochemical conversion of CO₂ to reduce the emission of CO₂ to the environment, as well as to utilize (waste) CO₂ as a feedstock. This electrochemical conversion is requires a catalyst which has to be efficient, stable and be able to reduce CO₂ at high current densities and low overpotentials. Previous work at the UT has resulted in the development of a catalyst that exhibits high faradaic efficiencies. The focus of current research is on understanding how this catalyst works and on optimizing it.

Sustronk, A. C. , Benes, N. E. , & Mul, G. (2022). Conversion of a CO-CO2 co-feed with a porous tubular copper catalyst at low potential. Electrochemical Science Advances, 2, [e2100198]. https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100198

Hummadi, K. K. , Sustronk, A. , Kas, R. , Benes, N. , & Mul, G. (2021). Optimizing temperature treatment of copper hollow fibers for the electrochemical reduction of co₂ to co. Catalysts, 11(5), [571]. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11050571

I've received my bachelor as well as my master degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Twente. During my bachelor assignment I've worked on the use of formic acid as reducing agent for the selective reduction of nitrates and nitrites to nitrogen in the Catalytic Processes and Materials group of Prof. dr. Leon Lefferts. For my master assignment I moved to the Membrane Science and Technology cluster where I worked in the group of Prof. dr. Erik Roesink on the effect of process conditions on the retention of polyelectrolyte multilayer modified hollow fiber membranes.

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