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Efficient solar-driven CO2-to-fuel conversion via Ni/MgAlOx@SiO2 nanocomposites at low temperature

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Solar-driven CO2-to-fuel conversion assisted by another major greenhouse gas CH4 is promising to concurrently tackle energy shortage and global warming problems.However,current techniques still suffer from drawbacks of low efficiency,poor stability,and low selectivity.Here,a novel nanocomposite composed of interconnected Ni/MgAlOx nanoflakes grown on SiO2 particles with excellent spatial confinement of active sites is proposed for direct solar-driven CO2-to-fuel conversion.An ultrahigh light-to-fuel efficiency up to 35.7%,high production rates of H2(136.6 mmol min-1g-1)and CO(148.2 mmol min-1g-1),excellent selectivity(H2/CO ratio of 0.92),and good stability are reported simultaneously.These outstanding performances are attributed to strong metal-support interactions,improved CO2 absorption and activation,and decreased apparent activation energy under direct light illumination.MgAlOx@SiO2 support helps to lower the activation energy of CH*oxidation to CHO*and improve the dissociation of CH4 to CH3*as confirmed by DFT calculations.Moreover,the lattice oxygen of MgAlOx participates in the reaction and contributes to the removal of carbon deposition.This work provides promising routes for the conversion of greenhouse gasses into industrially valuable syngas with high efficiency,high selectivity,and benign sustainability.

Solar fuelCO2 reductionDry reforming of methanePhotothermocatalysisStability

Xianglei Liu、Yueyue Ling、Chen Sun、Hang Shi、Hangbin Zheng、Chao Song、Ke Gao、Chunzhuo Dang、Nan Sun、Yimin Xuan、Yulong Ding

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School of Energy and Power Engineering,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,Nanjing 210016,China

Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage,School of Chemical Engineering,University of Birmingham,Birmingham B15 2TT,United Kingdom

Basic Science Center Program for Ordered Energy Conversion of the National Natural science Foundation of China国家重点研发计划Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation ProjectJiangsu Natural Science Foundation Project

518881032021YFF0500700BE2022024BK20202008

2024

自然科学基础研究(英文)

自然科学基础研究(英文)

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年,卷(期):2024.(1)
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