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Ni-based catalysts derived from layered-double-hydroxide nanosheets for efficient photothermal CO2 reduction under flow-type system

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Photothermal CO2 reduction is an efficient and sustainable catalytic path for CO2 treatment. Here, we successfully fabricated a novel series of Ni-based catalysts (Ni-x) via H2 reduction of NiAl-layered double hydroxide nanosheets at temperatures (x) ranging from 300 to 600 °C. With the increase of the reduction temperature, the methane generation rate of the Ni-x catalyst for photothermal CO2 hydrogenation gradually increased under ultraviolet-visible-infrared (UV-vis-IR) irradiation in a flow-type system. The Ni-600 catalyst showed a CO2 conversion of 78.4%, offering a CH4 production rate of 278.8 mmol·g−1h−1, with near 100% selectivity and 100 h long-term stability. Detailed characterization analyses showed metallic Ni nanoparticles supported on amorphous alumina are the catalytically active phase for CO2 methanation. This study provides a possibility for large-scale conversion and utilization of CO2 from a sustainable perspective.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for financial support from the National Key Projects for Fundamental Research and Development of China (Nos. 2018YFB1502002, 2017YFA0206904, and 2017YFA0206900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51825205, 51772305, 21871279, 21902168, and 52072382), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 2191002, and 2194089), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. XDB17000000), the Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship (No. NA170422), the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. GJHZ1819 and GJHZ201974), the K. C. Wong Education Foundation, the Central China Normal University (No. 2020YBZZ019), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS and the Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Thermal Management and Energy Utilization of Aircraft, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (No. CEPE2020014). The XAFS experiments were conducted in 1W1B beamline of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF).

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    Zhenhua Li & Tierui Zhang

  2. Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Zhenhua Li, Run Shi & Jiaqi Zhao

  3. Key Laboratory of Thermal Management and Energy Utilization of Aircraft, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing, 210016, China

    Run Shi

  4. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Jiaqi Zhao

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Li, Z., Shi, R., Zhao, J. et al. Ni-based catalysts derived from layered-double-hydroxide nanosheets for efficient photothermal CO2 reduction under flow-type system. Nano Res. 14, 4828–4832 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3436-6

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