{"title":"CO2 electrochemical reduction by Zn-based layered double hydroxides: The role of structural trivalent metal ions","authors":"Ryosuke Nakazato , Keeko Matsumoto , Matthias Quintelier , Joke Hadermann , Nataly Carolina Rosero-Navarro , Akira Miura , Kiyoharu Tadanaga","doi":"10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100788","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction (CO<sub>2</sub>ER) has attracted considerable attention as a technology to recycle CO<sub>2</sub> into raw materials for chemicals using renewable energies. Zn-based layered double hydroxide (LDH) was recently found to be a promising CO<sub>2</sub>ER catalyst, which is a non-precious metal catalyst with excellent selectivity for carbon monoxide (CO). However, the role of structural trivalent metal ions (M<sup>3+</sup>) contained in Zn-M<sup>3+</sup> LDHs for the CO<sub>2</sub>ER performance was not revealed. In this study, Zn-Cr, Zn-Ga LDHs, and Zn-Al LDHs were synthesized using a facile coprecipitation process, and their CO<sub>2</sub>ER performance and electrochemical properties were evaluated. We found that not only Zn-Al LDH but also Zn-Cr and Zn-Ga LDHs showed CO<sub>2</sub>ER activity for CO evolution, and the analysis by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed that the type of M<sup>3+</sup> in Zn-based LDHs affected their electronic and ionic conductivity, functioning as key roles for their CO<sub>2</sub>ER performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":34140,"journal":{"name":"Open Ceramics","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article 100788"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open Ceramics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666539525000550","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction (CO2ER) has attracted considerable attention as a technology to recycle CO2 into raw materials for chemicals using renewable energies. Zn-based layered double hydroxide (LDH) was recently found to be a promising CO2ER catalyst, which is a non-precious metal catalyst with excellent selectivity for carbon monoxide (CO). However, the role of structural trivalent metal ions (M3+) contained in Zn-M3+ LDHs for the CO2ER performance was not revealed. In this study, Zn-Cr, Zn-Ga LDHs, and Zn-Al LDHs were synthesized using a facile coprecipitation process, and their CO2ER performance and electrochemical properties were evaluated. We found that not only Zn-Al LDH but also Zn-Cr and Zn-Ga LDHs showed CO2ER activity for CO evolution, and the analysis by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed that the type of M3+ in Zn-based LDHs affected their electronic and ionic conductivity, functioning as key roles for their CO2ER performance.