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High-entropy layered oxides nanosheets for highly efficient photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 and application research

Show Author's Information Xuefei Liu1,  Xiaoyan Wang1,  Beibei Yang1,  Junzheng Zhang1,  Jun Lu1,2( )
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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CO2 reduction, layered double hydroxides (LDHs), high-entropy layered oxides (HELOs), photoelectrocatalytic
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Liu X, Wang X, Yang B, et al. High-entropy layered oxides nanosheets for highly efficient photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 and application research. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 4775-4785. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5259-5
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High-entropy oxides receive significant attention owing to their “four effects”. However, they still suffer from harsh construction conditions such as high temperature and high pressure and present a block-like structure. Herein, in this work, Ni-Mn-Cu-Co-Fe-Al high-entropy layered oxides (HELOs) with a layered nanosheet structure were constructed by a simple pathway of topological transformation under relatively low temperature (300 °C) with six-membered Ni-Mn-Cu-Co-Fe-Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) precursors, which exhibited an outstanding activity and excellent selectivity for CO2 photoelectroreduction (obtaining the highest carbon monoxide yield of 909.55 μmol·g−1·h−1 under −0.8 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which is almost twice that of pure electrocatalysis). In addition, the charging voltage of a photo-assisted Zn-CO2 battery with HELOs as electrode was reduced from 2.62 to 2.40 V; the discharging voltage of the battery was increased from 0.51 to 0.59 V with the assistance of illumination. The improvement of round-trip efficiency of the battery indicates that light played a positive role in both the charging and discharging processes. This study not only lays an important foundation for the development of high-entropy oxides but also expands their application in the field of photoelectrochemistry.


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High-entropy layered oxides nanosheets for highly efficient photoelectrocatalytic reduction of CO2 and application research

Show Author's information Xuefei Liu1, Xiaoyan Wang1, Beibei Yang1, Junzheng Zhang1, Jun Lu1,2( )
State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

Abstract

High-entropy oxides receive significant attention owing to their “four effects”. However, they still suffer from harsh construction conditions such as high temperature and high pressure and present a block-like structure. Herein, in this work, Ni-Mn-Cu-Co-Fe-Al high-entropy layered oxides (HELOs) with a layered nanosheet structure were constructed by a simple pathway of topological transformation under relatively low temperature (300 °C) with six-membered Ni-Mn-Cu-Co-Fe-Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) precursors, which exhibited an outstanding activity and excellent selectivity for CO2 photoelectroreduction (obtaining the highest carbon monoxide yield of 909.55 μmol·g−1·h−1 under −0.8 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), which is almost twice that of pure electrocatalysis). In addition, the charging voltage of a photo-assisted Zn-CO2 battery with HELOs as electrode was reduced from 2.62 to 2.40 V; the discharging voltage of the battery was increased from 0.51 to 0.59 V with the assistance of illumination. The improvement of round-trip efficiency of the battery indicates that light played a positive role in both the charging and discharging processes. This study not only lays an important foundation for the development of high-entropy oxides but also expands their application in the field of photoelectrochemistry.

Keywords: CO2 reduction, layered double hydroxides (LDHs), high-entropy layered oxides (HELOs), photoelectrocatalytic

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Received: 27 July 2022
Revised: 29 October 2022
Accepted: 31 October 2022
Published: 07 February 2023
Issue date: April 2023

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The authors express special gratitude for the financial support from the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2014CB932101), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21571013 and 52073023) and Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (No. IRT1205).

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