Revealing the effect of synthetic method on integrated CO2 capture and conversion performance of Ni-Na2ZrO3 bifunctional materials

Integrated CO 2 capture and utilization by reverse water gas shift (ICCU-RWGS) reaction for syngas production for C1 chemical industry has gained increasing attention. Designing highly active bifunctional materials that enables CO 2 adsorption and in-situ conversion is essential. In this work, Ni-Na 2 ZrO 3 bifunctional materials are prepared by different synthetic methods for ICCU-RWGS. N 2 physisorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), CO 2 temperature-programmed desorption (CO 2 -TPD) and H 2 temperature-programmed reduction (H 2 -TPR) analysis reveals that Ni-Na 2 ZrO 3 -CP prepared by the co-precipitation (CP) method shows small Ni crystalline size, moderate surface basicity, and excellent reducibility. ICCU-RWGS performance is investigated under isothermal conditions of 650 °C, 10 %CO 2 and 35 %H 2 . The results indicate that Ni-Na 2 ZrO 3 -CP demonstrates excellent performance in ICCU-RWGS, with a notable CO 2 capture capacity of 3.76 mmol CO 2 /g and a CO production rate of 3.10 mmol CO/g. Additionally, it exhibits relatively good operational stability. Detailed reaction paths of the ICCU-RWGS procedure for the Ni-Na 2 ZrO 3 bifunctional materials are proposed. The findings will shed new perspectives on the design of synthetic bifunctional catalysts for ICCU-RWGS.