Issue 74, 2023

Equilibrium unconstrained low-temperature CO2 conversion on doped gallium oxides by chemical looping

Abstract

Reverse water gas shift (RWGS) can convert CO2 into CO by using renewable hydrogen. However, this important reaction is endothermic and equilibrium constrained, and thus traditionally performed at 900 K or higher temperatures using solid catalysts. In this work, we found that RWGS can be carried out at low temperatures without equilibrium constraints using a redox method called chemical looping (CL), which uses the reduction and oxidation of solid oxide surfaces. When using our developed MGa2Ox (M = Ni, Cu, Co) materials, the reaction can proceed with almost 100% CO2 conversion even at temperatures as low as 673 K. This allows RWGS to proceed without equilibrium constraints at low temperatures and greatly decreases the cost for the separation of unreacted CO2 and produced CO. Our novel gallium-based material is the first material that can achieve high conversion rates at low temperatures in reverse water gas shift using chemical looping (RWGS-CL). Ni outperformed Cu and Co as a dopant, and the redox mechanism of NiGa2Ox is a phase change due to the redox of Ga during the RWGS-CL process. This major finding is a big step forward for the effective utilization of CO2 in the future.

Graphical abstract: Equilibrium unconstrained low-temperature CO2 conversion on doped gallium oxides by chemical looping

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 May 2023
Accepted
21 Aug 2023
First published
21 Aug 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 11061-11064

Equilibrium unconstrained low-temperature CO2 conversion on doped gallium oxides by chemical looping

K. Kang, S. Kakihara, T. Higo, H. Sampei, K. Saegusa and Y. Sekine, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 11061 DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02399K

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