02305nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245009400055210006900149260000800218300001600226490000700242520137500249653001401624653003601638653002501674653004401699653001101743100001901754700002901773700002201802700002701824700001601851700001801867700002501885856011701910       2022                        eng d  a2155-543500aStrain-enhanced phase transformation of iron oxide for higher alcohol production from CO20 aStrainenhanced phase transformation of iron oxide for higher alc  cSEP  a11118-111280 v123 a<p>
	Conversion of CO2 to higher alcohols (HAs) and higher hydrocarbons (HCs) has a greater advantage compared to C1 products because of their high energy density and wide range of applications in daily life. Despite the immense potential of these chemicals, not much of scientific research has been focused on the conversion of CO2 to HAs. In the present work, we have introduced the concept of strain in designing the material to enhance the CO(2 )to HA performance. We introduced strain in a traditional iron-based catalyst, Fe2O3, by the introduction of indium (In), which facilitates the selective conversion of CO2 to HA. An optimum strain favored a 36.7% CO2 conversion with a 42% HA selectivity, and a record yield of 15.42%. The strain has been tuned further with the introduction of K as a promoter. The introduced strain upon In substitution and K promotion favored the conversion of CO2, which is mapped by powder X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Further, the change in the mechanism upon In incorporation and K promotion has been probed by in situ diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform spectroscopy, and it is found that the OCHx intermediate, which produces HAs, is more prominent upon In substitution, which favored the enhancement of HA production compared to that of pristine Fe2O3.</p>
10aCO2 to HA10aFischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS)10aPhase transformation10areverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction10astrain1 aGoud, Devender1 aChuripard, Sathyapal, R.1 aBagchi, Debabrata1 aSingh, Ashutosh, Kumar1 aRiyaz, Mohd1 aVinod, C., P.1 aPeter, Sebastian, C.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/strain-enhanced-phase-transformation-iron-oxide-higher-alcohol-production-co202244nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245013000055210006900185260000800254300001200262490000700274520132700281653001801608653000701626653002101633653001301654100002201667700001501689700002701704700002201731700002101753700002101774700001801795700002501813856012801838       2022                        eng d  a0935-964800aStructure-tailored surface oxide on Cu-Ga intermetallics enhances CO2 reduction selectivity to methanol at ultralow potential0 aStructuretailored surface oxide on CuGa intermetallics enhances   cMAY  a21094260 v343 a<p>
	Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO(2)RR) is performed on two intermetallic compounds formed by copper and gallium metals (CuGa2 and Cu9Ga4). Among them, CuGa2 selectively converts CO2 to methanol with remarkable Faradaic efficiency of 77.26% at an extremely low potential of -0.3 V vs RHE. The high performance of CuGa2 compared to Cu9Ga4 is driven by its unique 2D structure, which retains surface and subsurface oxide species (Ga2O3) even in the reduction atmosphere. The Ga2O3 species is mapped by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) techniques and electrochemical measurements. The eCO(2)RR selectivity to methanol are decreased at higher potential due to the lattice expansion caused by the reduction of the Ga2O3, which is probed by in situ XAFS, quasi in situ powder X-ray diffraction, and ex situ XPS measurements. The mechanism of the formation of methanol is visualized by in situ infrared (IR) spectroscopy and the source of the carbon of methanol at the molecular level is confirmed from the isotope-labeling experiments in presence of (CO2)-C-13. Finally, to minimize the mass transport limitations and improve the overall eCO(2)RR performance, a poly(tetrafluoroethylene)-based gas diffusion electrode is used in the flow cell configuration.</p>
10a(2) reduction10aCO10aElectrochemistry10aMethanol1 aBagchi, Debabrata1 aRaj, Jithu1 aSingh, Ashutosh, Kumar1 aCherevotan, Arjun1 aRoy, Soumyabrata1 aManoj, Kaja, Sai1 aVinod, C., P.1 aPeter, Sebastian, C.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/structure-tailored-surface-oxide-cu-ga-intermetallics-enhances-co2-reduction-selectivity