Liquid‐Metal‐Enabled Mechanical‐Energy‐Induced CO₂ Conversion

Abstract

(10 of 11)www.advmat.de www.advancedsciencenews.com steps in the pre-edge region of the XAS spectra (10 167-10 347 eV), 0.25 eV steps in the XANES region (10 347-10 417 eV). In the extended X-ray absorption fine structure region spectra were collected, in steps of 0.035k to a maximum of 10k, with count time increasing linearly from 2 up to 4 s at the end of the energy range. Multiple scans were collected for each sample. Data were preprocessed using Sakura (in-house program) and the Athena program for scan averaging, background subtraction, and edge-height normalization (Ravel and Newville, 2005). Periodically throughout the experiment, transmission scans were collected of the in-line Re foil.

A liquid metal catalyst for the conversion of ethanol into graphitic carbon layers under an ultrasonic cavitation field

“…The results presented here offer new insights that the ultrasonic high-energy hot spots create a chemical reaction field at the liquid metal/solution interface for promoting thermally metal-catalyzed reactions. The ultrasonically-activated EGaIn liquid metals would also encourage further research on thermal catalytic conversions such as CO 2 41 and CH 4 . 42 This work was financially supported by the JSPS KAKENHI under Grant No.…”

A Short History of Fusible Metals and Alloys – Towards Room Temperature Liquid Metals

“…[192] Just recently, liquid metal has been proposed as a component for the reduction of CO 2 into carbonaceous solid products and O 2 , providing a green technology for the treatment of CO 2 emissions. [193]…”

“…Similarly, in polymerization reactions, the liquid metal was found to promote the polymerization, rendering the removal of oxygen for certain polymerization processes obsolete [192] . Just recently, liquid metal has been proposed as a component for the reduction of CO 2 into carbonaceous solid products and O 2 , providing a green technology for the treatment of CO 2 emissions [193] …”

Nitrate‐to‐Ammonia Conversion at an InSn‐Enriched Liquid‐Metal Electrode

“…This comparison indicates that In 3 Sn is the most active component of our catalyst for the NO 3 RR. Another advantage of using liquid metals is that the surface does not easily foul as demonstrated by recent studies on electrochemical and sonochemical reduction of CO 2 to solid carbon [12,15] which does not stick to the surface due to the lack of van der Waals adhesion on the liquid surface which may aid with desorption processes.…”

“…Liquid metals have recently emerged as promising materials that are highly active for both catalysis and electrocatalysis. For the former, liquid metal based materials have been employed for quite difficult reactions such as the catalytic reduction of CO 2 to solid carbon under both room temperature [12] and elevated temperature conditions [13] and the sonocatalytic reduction of organic dyes to solid carbon [14] indicating the excellent catalytic properties of these materials. Previous electrocatalytic studies have indicated that Ga based liquid metal composites can also electrochemically reduce CO 2 to solid carbon.…”