Highly-efficient and autocatalytic reduction of NaHCO_3 into formate by in situ hydrogen from water splitting with metal/metal oxide redox cycle

The Earth’s sustainable development is threatened by the increasing atmospheric COlevel which can be attributed to the imbalance of COdue to the rapid consumption of fossil fuels caused by human activities and the slow absorption and conversion of COby nature. One of the efficient methods for reconstructing the balance of COshould involve the rapid conversion of COinto fuels and chemicals.The hydrogenation of COwith gaseous hydrogen is currently considered to be the most commercially feasible synthetic route, however, the supply of safe and economical hydrogen sources poses a significant challenge to up-scaling application. Direct utilization of hydrogen from dissociation of water, the most abundant, cheap and clean hydrogen resource, for the reduction of COwould be one of the most promising approaches for COutilization. This paper provides an overview of the current advances in research on highly efficient reduction of COor NaHCO, a representative compound of CO, into formic acid/formate by in situ hydrogen from water dissociation with a metal/metal oxide redox cycle under mild hydrothermal conditions.

The Earth's sustainable development is threatened by the increasing atmospheric CO_2 level which can be attributed to the imbalance of CO_2 due to the rapid consumption of fossil fuels caused by human activities and the slow absorption and conversion of CO_2 by nature. One of the efficient methods for reconstructing the balance of CO_2 should involve the rapid conversion of CO_2 into fuels and chemicals.The hydrogenation of CO_2 with gaseous hydrogen is currently considered to be the most commercially feasible synthetic route, however, the supply of safe and economical hydrogen sources poses a significant challenge to up-scaling application. Direct utilization of hydrogen from dissociation of water, the most abundant, cheap and clean hydrogen resource, for the reduction of CO_2 would be one of the most promising approaches for CO_2 utilization. This paper provides an overview of the current advances in research on highly efficient reduction of CO_2 or NaHCO_3, a representative compound of CO_2, into formic acid/formate by in situ hydrogen from water dissociation with a metal/metal oxide redox cycle under mild hydrothermal conditions.