Solubility of CO2 in organic solvents

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in nonaqueous solutions is significant from the following viewpoints Firstly, hydrogen evolution reaction can be suppressed. Secondly, the concentration of water as a reagent can be accurately regulated and the reaction mechanism may be more easily studied. Thirdly, the solubility of CO2 in organic solvents is much liigher than in water. Various metal electrodes have been tested for CO2 reduction in some nonaqueous solvents, such as propylene carbonate (PC), acetonitrile (AN), DMF, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), as tabulated in Table 5. Methanol is also used for CO2 reduction, and mentioned in the next Section. 

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