Liquid-metal-enabled mechanical-energy-induced CO2 conversion

Junma Tang; Jianbo Tang; Mohannad Mayyas; Mohammad B. Ghasemian; Jing Sun; Md Arifur Rahim; Jiong Yang; Jialuo Han; Douglas J. Lawes; Rouhollah Jalili; Torben Daeneke; Maricruz G. Saborio; Zhenbang Cao; Claudia A. Echeverria; Francois Marie Allioux; Ali Zavabeti; Jessica Hamilton; Valerie Mitchell; Anthony P. O'Mullane; Richard B. Kaner; Dorna Esrafilzadeh; Michael D. Dickey; Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

doi:10.1002/adma.202105789

Liquid-metal-enabled mechanical-energy-induced CO₂ conversion

Junma Tang, Jianbo Tang, Mohannad Mayyas, Mohammad B. Ghasemian, Jing Sun, Md Arifur Rahim, Jiong Yang, Jialuo Han, Douglas J. Lawes, Rouhollah Jalili, Torben Daeneke, Maricruz G. Saborio, Zhenbang Cao, Claudia A. Echeverria, Francois Marie Allioux, Ali Zavabeti, Jessica Hamilton, Valerie Mitchell, Anthony P. O'Mullane, Richard B. KanerDorna Esrafilzadeh, Michael D. Dickey, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

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A green carbon capture and conversion technology offering scalability and economic viability for mitigating CO₂ emissions is reported. The technology uses suspensions of gallium liquid metal to reduce CO₂ into carbonaceous solid products and O₂ at near room temperature. The nonpolar nature of the liquid gallium interface allows the solid products to instantaneously exfoliate, hence keeping active sites accessible. The solid co-contributor of silver–gallium rods ensures a cyclic sustainable process. The overall process relies on mechanical energy as the input, which drives nano-dimensional triboelectrochemical reactions. When a gallium/silver fluoride mix at 7:1 mass ratio is employed to create the reaction material, 92% efficiency is obtained at a remarkably low input energy of 230 kWh (excluding the energy used for dissolving CO₂) for the capture and conversion of a tonne of CO₂. This green technology presents an economical solution for CO₂ emissions.

Original language	English
Article number	2105789
Number of pages	11
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202105789
Publication status	Published - 6 Jan 2022

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Tang, J., Tang, J., Mayyas, M., Ghasemian, M. B., Sun, J., Rahim, M. A., Yang, J., Han, J., Lawes, D. J., Jalili, R., Daeneke, T., Saborio, M. G., Cao, Z., Echeverria, C. A., Allioux, F. M., Zavabeti, A., Hamilton, J., Mitchell, V., O'Mullane, A. P., ... Kalantar-Zadeh, K. (2022). Liquid-metal-enabled mechanical-energy-induced CO₂ conversion. Advanced Materials, 34(1), Article 2105789. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202105789

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