Abstract: A method for arranging an electrochemically active element on a fastening device which has a first holder with at least one cylindrical spacing element and has a second holder with at least one cylindrical spacing element, including: a) providing an electrochemically active element whose electrolyte side can be arranged to adjoin an electrolyte chamber and whose gas side can be arranged to adjoin a gas chamber of an electrochemical cell; b) arranging the at least one spacing element of the first holder on the gas side and arranging the at least one spacing element of the second holder on the electrolyte side of the electrochemically active element, the at least one spacing element on the electrolyte side being aligned axially with respect to the at least one spacing element on the gas side. An electrochemical cell in which an electrochemically active element is arranged on a fastening device.

Abstract: An anode-side half cell for an electrochemical cell of an electrolytic apparatus for carbon dioxide electrolysis and/or carbon monoxide electrolysis, having a separator in the form of a diaphragm, which has an anode-side separator surface and a cathode-side separator surface opposite the anode-side separator surface; a catalyst layer, which has a first catalyst surface and a second catalyst surface opposite the first catalyst surface, the first catalyst surface facing the anode-side separator surface; and a fluid-permeable anode plate, which has a first anode surface, the first anode surface facing the second catalyst surface.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an electrolysis cell with a housing with an anode and a gas diffusion electrode connected as cathode. The gas diffusion electrode has an electrolyte side and a gas side and separates the electrolyte space from a gas space for a reaction gas. There is a support body disposed in the gas space with a contact surface in contact with the gas diffusion electrode. The gas space comprises a first channel system and a second channel system. The first channel system and the second channel system run separately from one another and thus form two separate volumes of the gas space. The first channel system and the second channel system each have openings in the contact surface of the support body.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for carbon dioxide electrolysis comprising: an anode and a cathode both connected to a voltage supply, wherein the cathode comprises a gas diffusion electrode adjoined by a gas space and a cathode space; an electrolyte circuit; a gas supply delivering carbon dioxide to the gas space; wherein the gas space has an outlet for an electrolyte, carbon dioxide, and product gases produced by electrolysis; a return connection connecting the outlet to the gas supply; and a pump for circulation of carbon dioxide and product gas in the gas space and the return connection.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an electrolysis cell with a housing with an anode and a gas diffusion electrode connected as cathode. The gas diffusion electrode has an electrolyte side and a gas side and separates the electrolyte space from a gas space for a reaction gas. There is a support body disposed in the gas space with a contact surface in contact with the gas diffusion electrode. The gas space comprises a first channel system and a second channel system. The first channel system and the second channel system run separately from one another and thus form two separate volumes of the gas space. The first channel system and the second channel system each have openings in the contact surface of the support body.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for carbon dioxide electrolysis comprising: an anode and a cathode both connected to a voltage supply, wherein the cathode comprises a gas diffusion electrode adjoined by a gas space and a cathode space; an electrolyte circuit; a gas supply delivering carbon dioxide to the gas space; wherein the gas space has an outlet for an electrolyte, carbon dioxide, and product gases produced by electrolysis; a return connection connecting the outlet to the gas supply; and a pump for circulation of carbon dioxide and product gas in the gas space and the return connection.

Abstract: Various embodiments may include a system for carbon dioxide electrolysis comprising: an anode; a cathode including a gas diffusion electrode adjoined by a gas space and a cathode space; an electrolyte circuit; a gas supply delivering carbon dioxide-containing gas to the gas space, wherein the gas space includes an outlet for an electrolyte, carbon dioxide, and product gases resulting from the electrolysis; and a throttle connecting the outlet to the electrolyte circuit, wherein the throttle creates a predefined pressure differential between the gas space and the cathode space when a mixture of product gases and liquid electrolyte flows through the throttle.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a system for carbon dioxide electrolysis comprising: an electrolysis cell having an anode and a cathode comprising a gas diffusion electrode adjoined by a gas space and a cathode space; an electrolyte circuit adjoining the electrolysis cell; a gas supply for supplying carbon dioxide-containing gas to the gas space, the gas space including an electrolyte outlet; and a shutoff device for the electrolyte outlet, wherein the shutoff device opens when a pressure differential between the gas space and the cathode space exceeds a threshold value.