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Wei L, Pan Z, Shi X, Esan OC, Li G, Qi H, Wu Q, An L. Solar-driven thermochemical conversion of H 2O and CO 2 into sustainable fuels. iScience 2023; 26:108127. [PMID: 37876816 PMCID: PMC10590985 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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Solar-driven thermochemical conversion of H2O and CO2 into sustainable fuels, based on redox cycle, provides a promising path for alternative energy, as it employs the solar energy as high-temperature heat supply and adopts H2O and CO2 as initial feedstock. This review describes the sustainable fuels production system, including a series of physical and chemical processes for converting solar energy into chemical energy in the form of sustainable fuels. Detailed working principles, redox materials, and key devices are reviewed and discussed to provide systematic and in-depth understanding of thermochemical fuels production with the aid of concentrated solar power technology. In addition, limiting factors affecting the solar-to-fuel efficiency are analyzed; meanwhile, the improvement technologies (heat recovery concepts and designs) are summarized. This study therefore sets a pathway for future research works based on the current status and demand for further development of such technologies on a commercial scale.
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- Linyang Wei
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Lithium-ion Batteries and Mesoporous Materials, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Ma X, Albertsma J, Gabriels D, Horst R, Polat S, Snoeks C, Kapteijn F, Eral HB, Vermaas DA, Mei B, de Beer S, van der Veen MA. Carbon monoxide separation: past, present and future. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:3741-3777. [PMID: 37083229 PMCID: PMC10243283 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00147d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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Large amounts of carbon monoxide are produced by industrial processes such as biomass gasification and steel manufacturing. The CO present in vent streams is often burnt, this produces a large amount of CO2, e.g., oxidation of CO from metallurgic flue gasses is solely responsible for 2.7% of manmade CO2 emissions. The separation of N2 from CO due to their very similar physical properties is very challenging, meaning that numerous energy-intensive steps are required for CO separation, making the CO separation from many process streams uneconomical in spite of CO being a valuable building block in the production of major chemicals through C1 chemistry and the production of linear hydrocarbons by the Fischer-Tropsch process. The development of suitable processes for the separation of carbon monoxide has both industrial and environmental significance. Especially since CO is a main product of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, an emerging sustainable technology to enable carbon neutrality. This technology also requires an energy-efficient separation process. Therefore, there is a great need to develop energy efficient CO separation processes adequate for these different process streams. As such the urgency of separating carbon monoxide is gaining greater recognition, with research in the field becoming more and more crucial. This review details the principles on which CO separation is based and provides an overview of currently commercialised CO separation processes and their limitations. Adsorption is identified as a technology with the potential for CO separation with high selectivity and energy efficiency. We review the research efforts, mainly seen in the last decades, in developing new materials for CO separation via ad/bsorption and membrane technology. We have geared our review to both traditional CO sources and emerging CO sources, including CO production from CO2 conversion. To that end, a variety of emerging processes as potential CO2-to-CO technologies are discussed and, specifically, the need for CO capture after electrochemical CO2 reduction is highlighted, which is still underexposed in the available literature. Altogether, we aim to highlight the knowledge gaps that could guide future research to improve CO separation performance for industrial implementation.
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- Xiaozhou Ma
- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Science and Technology Faculty, University Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
- Chemical Engineering Department, Marmara University, 34854 İstanbul, Turkey
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Process & Energy Department, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Industrial Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Science and Technology Faculty, University Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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Le Gal A, Julbe A, Abanades S. Thermochemical Activity of Single- and Dual-Phase Oxide Compounds Based on Ceria, Ferrites, and Perovskites for Two-Step Synthetic Fuel Production. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114327. [PMID: 37298803 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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This study focuses on the generation of solar thermochemical fuel (hydrogen, syngas) from CO2 and H2O molecules via two-step thermochemical cycles involving intermediate oxygen-carrier redox materials. Different classes of redox-active compounds based on ferrite, fluorite, and perovskite oxide structures are investigated, including their synthesis and characterization associated with experimental performance assessment in two-step redox cycles. Their redox activity is investigated by focusing on their ability to perform the splitting of CO2 during thermochemical cycles while quantifying fuel yields, production rates, and performance stability. The shaping of materials as reticulated foam structures is then evaluated to highlight the effect of morphology on reactivity. A series of single-phase materials including spinel ferrite, fluorite, and perovskite formulations are first investigated and compared to state-of-the-art materials. NiFe2O4 foam exhibits a CO2-splitting activity similar to its powder analog after reduction at 1400 °C, surpassing the performance of ceria but with much slower oxidation kinetics. On the other hand, although identified as high-performing materials in other studies, Ce0.9Fe0.1O2, Ca0.5Ce0.5MnO3, Ce0.2Sr1.8MnO4, and Sm0.6Ca0.4Mn0.8Al0.2O3 are not found to be attractive candidates in this work (compared with La0.5Sr0.5Mn0.9Mg0.1O3). In the second part, characterizations and performance evaluation of dual-phase materials (ceria/ferrite and ceria/perovskite composites) are performed and compared to single-phase materials to assess a potential synergistic effect on fuel production. The ceria/ferrite composite does not provide any enhanced redox activity. In contrast, ceria/perovskite dual-phase compounds in the form of powders and foams are found to enhance the CO2-splitting performance compared to ceria.
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- Alex Le Gal
- Processes, Materials and Solar Energy Laboratory (PROMES-CNRS), 7 Rue du Four Solaire, 66120 Odeillo Font-Romeu, France
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- Institut Européen des Membranes (IEM), CNRS, ENSCM, University of Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Processes, Materials and Solar Energy Laboratory (PROMES-CNRS), 7 Rue du Four Solaire, 66120 Odeillo Font-Romeu, France
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Abanades S. A Review of Oxygen Carrier Materials and Related Thermochemical Redox Processes for Concentrating Solar Thermal Applications. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:ma16093582. [PMID: 37176464 PMCID: PMC10180145 DOI: 10.3390/ma16093582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Redox materials have been investigated for various thermochemical processing applications including solar fuel production (hydrogen, syngas), ammonia synthesis, thermochemical energy storage, and air separation/oxygen pumping, while involving concentrated solar energy as the high-temperature process heat source for solid-gas reactions. Accordingly, these materials can be processed in two-step redox cycles for thermochemical fuel production from H2O and CO2 splitting. In such cycles, the metal oxide is first thermally reduced when heated under concentrated solar energy. Then, the reduced material is re-oxidized with either H2O or CO2 to produce H2 or CO. The mixture forms syngas that can be used for the synthesis of various hydrocarbon fuels. An alternative process involves redox systems of metal oxides/nitrides for ammonia synthesis from N2 and H2O based on chemical looping cycles. A metal nitride reacts with steam to form ammonia and the corresponding metal oxide. The latter is then recycled in a nitridation reaction with N2 and a reducer. In another process, redox systems can be processed in reversible endothermal/exothermal reactions for solar thermochemical energy storage at high temperature. The reduction corresponds to the heat charge while the reverse oxidation with air leads to the heat discharge for supplying process heat to a downstream process. Similar reversible redox reactions can finally be used for oxygen separation from air, which results in separate flows of O2 and N2 that can be both valorized, or thermochemical oxygen pumping to absorb residual oxygen. This review deals with the different redox materials involving stoichiometric or non-stoichiometric materials applied to solar fuel production (H2, syngas, ammonia), thermochemical energy storage, and thermochemical air separation or gas purification. The most relevant chemical looping reactions and the best performing materials acting as the oxygen carriers are identified and described, as well as the chemical reactors suitable for solar energy absorption, conversion, and storage.
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- Stéphane Abanades
- Processes, Materials and Solar Energy Laboratory, PROMES-CNRS, 7 Rue du Four Solaire, 66120 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
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Serafin J, Llorca J. Nanoshaped Cerium Oxide with Nickel as a Non-Noble Metal Catalyst for CO 2 Thermochemical Reactions. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28072926. [PMID: 37049687 PMCID: PMC10095831 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28072926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Four different nanoshapes of cerium dioxide have been prepared (polycrystals, rods, cubes, and octahedra) and have been decorated with different metals (Ru, Pd, Au, Pt, Cu, and Ni) by incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) and ball milling (BM) methods. After an initial analysis based on oxygen consumption from CO2 pulse chemisorption, Ni-like metal, and two forms of CeO2 cubes and rods were selected for further research. Catalysts were characterized using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller formula (BET), X-ray spectroscopy (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-visible spectrophotometry (UV-Vis), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR) and CO2 pulse chemisorption, and used to reduce of CO2 into CO (CO2 splitting). Adding metals to cerium dioxide enhanced the ability of CeO2 to release oxygen and concomitant reactivity toward the reduction of CO2. The effect of the metal precursor and concentration were evaluated. The highest CO2 splitting value was achieved for 2% Ni/CeO2-rods prepared by ball milling using Ni nitrate (412 µmol/gcat) and the H2 consumption (453.2 µmol/gcat) confirms the good redox ability of this catalyst.
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- Jarosław Serafin
- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Eduard Maristany 16, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Eduard Maristany 16, EEBE, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
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Kalaev D, Tuller HL. Simultaneous electrical impedance and optical absorption spectroscopy for rapid characterization of oxygen vacancies and small polarons in doped ceria. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5731-5742. [PMID: 36744370 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04901e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mixed ionic-electronic conductors (MIECs) play a central role in emerging energy conversion and energy efficient computational technologies. However, it is both challenging and resource demanding to characterize MIECs over the broad range of experimental conditions of interest, thereby significantly limiting their study and applications. Here, a novel method of a simultaneous measurement of electrical conductivity and optical absorption of thin films in out-of-equilibrium state, i.e. during a reduction process, is employed for a comprehensive study of a MIEC oxide, PrxCe1-xO2-δ (PCO). It enables, orders of magnitude faster than by established techniques, characterization of the oxygen vacancy and small polaron formation and transport as a function of temperature (demonstrated here down to 200 °C), in a wide range of deviation from stoichiometry, δ. For instance, at 600 °C the PCO properties were obtained during a ten minute reduction process, in the pO2 range from 1 to 10-13 bar. The experimental results show that the oxygen vacancy mobility is constant while the small polaron mobility is linear in δ, in the whole pO2 range, which yields the total conductivity quadratic in δ. Furthermore, the method was applied to study the modification of PCO's transport properties with composition change. It was shown that increasing x from 0.1 to 0.2 suppresses the ionic mobility and, at the same time, enhances the small polaron mobility. Finally, the optically determined δ was used to define an instantaneous oxygen activity in PCO that can be accessed in the out-of-equilibrium experiments. This work opens up new possibilities to study the effects of microstructure, strain and other applied external stimuli on the transport and thermodynamic properties of PCO and similar types of MIEC materials.
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- D Kalaev
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Investigation of CO2 Splitting on Ceria-Based Redox Materials for Low-Temperature Solar Thermochemical Cycling with Oxygen Isotope Exchange Experiments. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr11010109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The surface exchange and bulk transport of oxygen are highly relevant to ceria-based redox materials, which are envisaged for the solar thermochemical splitting of carbon dioxide in the future. Experimental investigations of oxygen isotope exchange on CeO2-δ, Ce0.9M3+0.1O1.95-δ (with M3+ = Y, Sm) and Ce0.9M4+0.1O2-δ (with M4+ = Zr) samples were carried out for the first time utilizing oxygen-isotope-enriched C18O2 gas atmospheres as the tracer source, followed by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), at the temperature range 300 ≤ T ≤ 800 °C. The experimental K˜O and D˜O data reveal promising results in terms of CO2 splitting when trivalent (especially Sm)-doped ceria is employed. The reaction temperatures are lower than previously proposed/reported due to the weak temperature dependency of the parameters K˜O and D˜O. The majority of isotope exchange experiments show higher values of K˜O and D˜O for Sm-doped cerium dioxide in comparison to Y-doped and Zr-doped ceria, as well as nominally undoped ceria. The apparent activation energies for both K˜O and D˜O are lowest for Sm-doped ceria. Using Zr-doped cerium oxide exhibits various negative aspects. The Zr-doping of ceria enhances the reducibility, but the possible Zr-based surface alteration effects and dopant-induced migration barrier enhancement in Zr-doped ceria are detrimental to surface exchange and oxygen diffusion at lower temperatures of T ≤ 800 °C.
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Guo L, Ou Z, Liu Y, Ge Z, Jin H, Ou G, Song M, Jiao Z, Jing W. Technological innovations on direct carbon mitigation by ordered energy conversion and full resource utilization. CARBON NEUTRALITY 2022. [PMCID: PMC9015804 DOI: 10.1007/s43979-022-00009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Coal consumption leads to over 15 billion tons of global CO2 emissions annually, which will continue at a considerable intensity in the foreseeable future. To remove the huge amount of CO2, a practically feasible way of direct carbon mitigation, instead of capturing that from dilute tail gases, should be developed; as intended, we developed two innovative supporting technologies, of which the status, strengths, applications, and perspective are discussed in this paper. One is supercritical water gasification-based coal/biomass utilization technology, which orderly converts chemical energy of coal and low-grade heat into hydrogen energy, and can achieve poly-generation of steam, heat, hydrogen, power, pure CO2, and minerals. The other one is the renewables-powered CO2 reduction techniques, which uses CO2 as the resource for carbon-based fuel production. When combining the above two technical loops, one can achieve a full resource utilization and zero CO2 emission, making it a practically feasible way for China and global countries to achieve carbon neutrality while creating substantial domestic benefits of economic growth, competitiveness, well-beings, and new industries.
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- Liejin Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, 710049 People’s Republic of China
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Guene Lougou B, Geng B, Jiang B, Zhang H, Sun Q, Shuai Y, Qu Z, Zhao J, Wang CH. Copper ferrite and cobalt oxide two-layer coated macroporous SiC substrate for efficient CO 2-splitting and thermochemical energy conversion. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 627:516-531. [PMID: 35870404 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.07.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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CO2-splitting and thermochemical energy conversion effectiveness are still challenged by the selectivity of metal/metal oxide-based redox materials and associated chemical reaction constraints. This study proposed an interface/substrate engineering approach for improving CO2-splitting and thermochemical energy conversion through CuFe2O4 and Co3O4 two-layer coating SiC. The newly prepared material reactive surface area available for gas-solid reactions is characterized by micro-pores CuFe2O4 alloy easing inter-layer oxygen micro mass exchanges across a highly stable SiC-Co3O4 layer. Through a thermogravimetry analysis, oxidation of the thermally activated oxygen carriers exhibited remarkably CO2-splitting capacities with a total CO yield of 1919.33 µmol/g at 1300 °C. The further analysis of the material CO2-splitting performance at the reactor scale resulted in 919.04 mL (788.94 µmol/g) of CO yield with an instantaneous CO production rate of 22.52 mL/min and chemical energy density of 223.37 kJ/kg at 1000 °C isothermal redox cycles. The reaction kinetic behavior indicated activation energy of 30.65 kJ/mol, which suggested faster CO2 activation and oxidation kinetic on SiC-Co3O4-CuFe2O4 O-deficit surfaces. The underlying mechanism for the remarkable thermochemical performances was analyzed by combining experiment and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The significance of exploiting the synergy between CuFe2O4 and Co3O4 layers and stoichiometric reaction characteristics provided fundamental insights useful for the theoretical modeling and practical application of the solar thermochemical process.
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- Bachirou Guene Lougou
- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer8ing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Innovation Center for Chemical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
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- School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer8ing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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Ben-Arfa BAE, Abanades S, Salvado IMM, Ferreira JMF, Pullar RC. Robocasting of 3D printed and sintered ceria scaffold structures with hierarchical porosity for solar thermochemical fuel production from the splitting of CO 2. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:4994-5001. [PMID: 35275155 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr00393g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report the first ever robocast (additive manufacturing/3D printing) sintered ceria scaffolds, and explore their use for the production of renewable fuels via solar thermochemical fuel production (STFP, water and carbon dioxide splitting using concentrated solar energy). CeO2 catalyst scaffolds were fabricated as 50 mm diameter discs (struts and voids ∼500 μm), sintered at 1450 °C, with specific surface area of 1.58 m2 g-1. These scaffolds have hierarchical porosity, consisting of the macroporous scaffold structure combined with nanoscale porosity within the ceria struts, with mesopores <75 Å and an average pore size of ∼4 nm, and microporosity <2 nm with a microporous surface area of 0.29 m2 g-1. The ceria grains were ≤500 nm in diameter after sintering. STFP testing was carried out via thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) with reduction between 1050-1400 °C under argon, and oxidation at 1050 °C with 50% CO2, gave rapid CO production during oxidation, with high peak CO production rates (0.436 μmol g-1 s-1, 0.586 ml g-1 min-1), for total CO yield of 78 μmol g-1 (1.747 ml g-1). 90% CO was obtained after just 10 min of oxidation, comparing well to reticulated ceria foams, this CO production rate being an order of magnitude greater than that for ceria powders when tested at similar temperatures.
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- Basam A E Ben-Arfa
- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering/CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Processes, Materials, and Solar Energy Laboratory (PROMES-CNRS), 7 Rue du Four Solaire, 66120 Font-Romeu, France
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- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering/CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering/CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering/CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems (DSMN), Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Scientific Campus, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venezia Mestre, VE, Italy
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Synthesis of CeO2-Fe2O3 Mixed Oxides for Low-Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation. ADSORPT SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/5945169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this study, the CeO2-Fe2O3 mixed oxide catalysts have been prepared by combustion method using gel-created tartaric acid. The ability of effective carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation to carbon dioxide (CO2) by CeO2-Fe2O3 catalyst under low-temperature conditions was also demonstrated. The calcined CeO2-Fe2O3 material has a porous honeycomb structure and good gaseous absorption-desorption ability. The solid solution of CeO2-Fe2O3 mixed oxides was formed by the substitution of Fe+3 ions at some Ce4+ ion sites within the CeO2 crystal lattice. The results also showed that the calcination temperature and the molar ratio of Ce3+ ions to Fe3+ ions (CF) affected the formation of the structural phase and the catalytic efficiency. The catalytic properties of the CeO2-Fe2O3 mixed oxide were good at the CF ratio of 1 : 1, the average crystal size was near 70 nm, and the specific surface area was about 20.22 m2.g-1. The full conversion of CO into CO2 has been accomplished at a relatively low temperature of 270 °C under insufficient O2 conditions.
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Klemm E, Lobo CMS, Löwe A, Schallhart V, Renninger S, Waltersmann L, Costa R, Schulz A, Dietrich R, Möltner L, Meynen V, Sauer A, Friedrich KA. CHEMampere
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- Elias Klemm
- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Technical Chemistry Stuttgart Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Technical Chemistry Stuttgart Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Technical Chemistry Stuttgart Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute for Photovoltaics Stuttgart Germany
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- Fraunhofer‐Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- German Aerospace Center Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics Stuttgart Germany
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- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology Stuttgart Germany
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- German Aerospace Center Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics Stuttgart Germany
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- University of Antwerp, Laboratory of Adsorption and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry Wilrijk Belgium
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- Fraunhofer‐Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation 70569 Stuttgart Germany
- University of Stuttgart, Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production Stuttgart Germany
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- German Aerospace Center Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics Stuttgart Germany
- University of Stuttgart, Institute of Building Energetics, Thermal Engineering and Energy Storage Stuttgart Germany
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Pandiyan A, Kyriakou V, Neagu D, Welzel S, Goede A, van de Sanden MC, Tsampas MN. CO2 conversion via coupled plasma-electrolysis process. J CO2 UTIL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.101904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Additive manufacturing and two-step redox cycling of ordered porous ceria structures for solar-driven thermochemical fuel production. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Park YH, Murali G, Modigunta JKR, In I, In SI. Recent Advances in Quantum Dots for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction: A Mini-Review. Front Chem 2021; 9:734108. [PMID: 34660530 PMCID: PMC8514862 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.734108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Solar energy–driven carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction to valuable solar fuels/chemicals (e.g., methane, ethanol, and carbon monoxide) using particulate photocatalysts is regarded as one of the promising and effective approaches to deal with energy scarcity and global warming. The growth of nanotechnology plays an eminent role in improving CO2 reduction (CO2R) efficiencies by means of offering opportunities to tailor the morphology of photocatalysts at a nanoscale regime to achieve enhanced surface reactivity, solar light absorption, and charge separation, which are decisive factors for high CO2R efficiency. Notably, quantum dots (QDs), tiny pieces of semiconductors with sizes below 20 nm, offering a myriad of advantages including maximum surface atoms, very short charge migration lengths, size-dependent energy band positions, multiple exciton generation effect, and unique optical properties, have recently become a rising star in the CO2R application. In this review, we briefly summarized the progress so far achieved in QD-assisted CO2 photoreduction, highlighting the advantages of QDs prepared with diverse chemical compositions such as metal oxides, metal chalcogenides, carbon, metal halide perovskites, and MXenes.
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- Young Ho Park
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea.,Department of IT-Energy Convergence (BK21 FOUR), Chemical Industry Institute, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea.,Department of IT-Energy Convergence (BK21 FOUR), Chemical Industry Institute, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea.,Department of IT-Energy Convergence (BK21 FOUR), Chemical Industry Institute, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea.,Department of IT-Energy Convergence (BK21 FOUR), Chemical Industry Institute, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju, South Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Innovative Materials and Devices for Future Electronics/Power Sources (BK21 FOUR), Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, South Korea
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Swann MT, Nicholas KM. Structural Effects on Dioxygen Evolution from Ru(V)−Oxo Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Matthew T. Swann
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma 101 Stephenson Parkway Norman OK 73069 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma 101 Stephenson Parkway Norman OK 73069 USA
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Demonstration of a ceria membrane solar reactor promoted by dual perovskite coatings for continuous and isothermal redox splitting of CO2 and H2O. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chen G, Snyders R, Britun N. CO2 conversion using catalyst-free and catalyst-assisted plasma-processes: Recent progress and understanding. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shi Y, Wang L, Wang Z, Vinai G, Braglia L, Torelli P, Aruta C, Traversa E, Liu W, Yang N. Defect Engineering for Tuning the Photoresponse of Ceria-Based Solid Oxide Photoelectrochemical Cells. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:541-551. [PMID: 33373206 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c17921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Solid oxide photoelectrochemical cells (SOPECs) with inorganic ion-conducting electrolytes provide an alternative solution for light harvesting and conversion. Exploring potential photoelectrodes for SOPECs and understanding their operation mechanisms are crucial for continuously developing this technology. Here, ceria-based thin films were newly explored as photoelectrodes for SOPEC applications. It was found that the photoresponse of ceria-based thin films can be tuned both by Sm-doping-induced defects and by the heating temperature of SOPECs. The whole process was found to depend on the surface electrochemical redox reactions synergistically with the bulk photoelectric effect. Samarium doping level can selectively switch the open-circuit voltages polarity of SOPECs under illumination, thus shifting the potential of photoelectrodes and changing their photoresponse. The role of defect chemistry engineering in determining such a photoelectrochemical process was discussed. Transient absorption and X-ray photoemission spectroscopies, together with the state-of-the-art in operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy, allowed us to provide a compelling explanation of the experimentally observed switching behavior on the basis of the surface reactions and successive charge balance in the bulk.
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- Yanuo Shi
- Electrochemical Thin Film Group, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Electrochemical Thin Film Group, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, P.R. China
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14 km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14 km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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- Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14 km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy
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- CNR-SPIN, c/o Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico, 1 Rome 00133, Italy
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 2006 Xiyuan Road, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, P.R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, P.R. China
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- Electrochemical Thin Film Group, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Rawadieh SE, Altarawneh M, Altarawneh IS, Batiha MA, Al-Makhadmeh LA. A kinetic model for evolution of H2 and CO over Zr-doped ceria. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.111256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zhang H, Wang Z, Luo X, Lu J, Peng S, Wang Y, Han L. Constructing Hierarchical Porous Carbons With Interconnected Micro-mesopores for Enhanced CO 2 Adsorption. Front Chem 2020; 7:919. [PMID: 32010669 PMCID: PMC6974550 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A high cost-performance carbon dioxide sorbent based on hierarchical porous carbons (HPCs) was easily prepared by carbonization of raw sugar using commercially available nano-CaCO3 as a double-acting template. The effects of the initial composition and carbonization temperature on the micro-mesoporous structure and adsorption performance were examined. Also, the importance of post-activation behavior in the development of micropores and synthesis route for the formation of the interconnected micro-mesoporous structure were investigated. The results revealed excellent carbon dioxide uptake reaching up 2.84 mmol/g (25oC, 1 bar), with micropore surface area of 786 m2/g, micropore volume of 0.320 cm3/g and mesopore volume of 0.233 cm3/g. We found that high carbon dioxide uptake was ascribed to the developed micropores and interconnected micro-mesoporous structure. As an expectation, the optimized HPCs offers a promising new support for the high selective capture of carbon dioxide in the future.
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- Hainan Zhang
- School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, China
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- School of Chemical and Processing Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, China
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- School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, China
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- School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, China
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- School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, China
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- School of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan, China
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Xia W, Pei Z, Leng K, Zhu X. Research Progress in Rare Earth-Doped Perovskite Manganite Oxide Nanostructures. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2020; 15:9. [PMID: 31933031 PMCID: PMC6957627 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3243-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Perovskite manganites exhibit a broad range of structural, electronic, and magnetic properties, which are widely investigated since the discovery of the colossal magnetoresistance effect in 1994. As compared to the parent perovskite manganite oxides, rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxides with a chemical composition of LnxA1-xMnO3 (where Ln represents rare earth metal elements such as La, Pr, Nd, A is divalent alkaline earth metal elements such as Ca, Sr, Ba) exhibit much diverse electrical properties due to that the rare earth doping leads to a change of valence states of manganese which plays a core role in the transport properties. There is not only the technological importance but also the need to understand the fundamental mechanisms behind the unusual magnetic and transport properties that attract enormous attention. Nowadays, with the rapid development of electronic devices toward integration and miniaturization, the feature sizes of the microelectronic devices based on rare earth-doped perovskite manganite are down-scaled into nanoscale dimensions. At nanoscale, various finite size effects in rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures will lead to more interesting novel properties of this system. In recent years, much progress has been achieved on the rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures after considerable experimental and theoretical efforts. This paper gives an overview of the state of art in the studies on the fabrication, structural characterization, physical properties, and functional applications of rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures. Our review first starts with the short introduction of the research histories and the remarkable discoveries in the rare earth-doped perovskite manganites. In the second part, different methods for fabricating rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures are summarized. Next, structural characterization and multifunctional properties of the rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures are in-depth reviewed. In the following, potential applications of rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures in the fields of magnetic memory devices and magnetic sensors, spintronic devices, solid oxide fuel cells, magnetic refrigeration, biomedicine, and catalysts are highlighted. Finally, this review concludes with some perspectives and challenges for the future researches of rare earth-doped perovskite manganite oxide nanostructures.
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- Weiren Xia
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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