Patent ID: 8277631

Claim:
A method for the electrochemical production of hydrocarbons from a carbon-containing gas, comprising: obtaining a gaseous first input comprising a carbon-containing gas; obtaining a second input comprising a hydrogen-containing source; contacting the first input with a cathode in the presence of a protonic-conducting electrolyte; contacting the second input with an anode in the presence of the electrolyte, wherein the cathode and anode are connected through the electrolyte; and applying an electrical potential between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrical potential causes gas-phase electrochemical reduction of the carbon-containing gas at the cathode to produce one or more hydrocarbons; and wherein the method operates at a pressure measured at the cathode of about 5 atm and at a temperature measured at the cathode of above or about 100° C. to less than about 900° C.