By employing metal oxides as oxygen carriers,chemical looping demonstrates its effectiveness in transferring oxygen between reduction and oxidation environments to partially oxidize fuels into syngas and convert CO_(2...By employing metal oxides as oxygen carriers,chemical looping demonstrates its effectiveness in transferring oxygen between reduction and oxidation environments to partially oxidize fuels into syngas and convert CO_(2) into CO.Generally,NiFe_(2_)O_(4) oxygen carriers have demonstrated remarkable efficiency in chemical looping CO_(2) conversion.Nevertheless,the intricate process of atomic migration and evolution within the internal structure of bimetallic oxygen carriers during continuous high‐temperature redox cycling remains unclear.Consequently,the lack of a fundamental understanding of the complex ionic migration and oxygen transfer associated with energy conversion processes hampers the design of high‐performance oxygen carriers.Thus,in this study,we employed in situ characterization techniques and theoretical calculations to investigate the ion migration behavior and structural evolution in the bulk of NiFe_(2_)O_(4) oxygen carriers during H_(2) reduction and CO_(2)/lab air oxidation cycles.We discovered that during the H_(2) reduction step,lattice oxygen rapidly migrates to vacancy layers to replenish consumed active oxygen species,while Ni leaches from the material and migrates to the surface.During the CO_(2) splitting step,Ni migrates toward the core of the bimetallic oxygen carrier,forming Fe–Ni alloys.During the air oxidation step,Fe–Ni migrates outward,creating a hollow structure owing to the Kirkendall effect triggered by the swift transfer of lattice oxygen.The metal atom migration paths depend on the oxygen transfer rates.These discoveries highlight the significance of regulating the release–recovery rate of lattice oxygen to uphold the structures and reactivity of oxygen carriers.This work offers a comprehensive understanding of the oxidation/reduction‐driven atomic interdiffusion behavior of bimetallic oxygen carriers.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:52076209,52006224,52106285,22179027Foundation and Applied Foundation Research of Guangdong Province,Grant/Award Number:2022B1515020045+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province,Grant/Award Number:2021GXNSFAA075036Young Talent Support Project of Guangzhou Association for Science and Technology,Grant/Award Number:QT‐2023‐042。
文摘By employing metal oxides as oxygen carriers,chemical looping demonstrates its effectiveness in transferring oxygen between reduction and oxidation environments to partially oxidize fuels into syngas and convert CO_(2) into CO.Generally,NiFe_(2_)O_(4) oxygen carriers have demonstrated remarkable efficiency in chemical looping CO_(2) conversion.Nevertheless,the intricate process of atomic migration and evolution within the internal structure of bimetallic oxygen carriers during continuous high‐temperature redox cycling remains unclear.Consequently,the lack of a fundamental understanding of the complex ionic migration and oxygen transfer associated with energy conversion processes hampers the design of high‐performance oxygen carriers.Thus,in this study,we employed in situ characterization techniques and theoretical calculations to investigate the ion migration behavior and structural evolution in the bulk of NiFe_(2_)O_(4) oxygen carriers during H_(2) reduction and CO_(2)/lab air oxidation cycles.We discovered that during the H_(2) reduction step,lattice oxygen rapidly migrates to vacancy layers to replenish consumed active oxygen species,while Ni leaches from the material and migrates to the surface.During the CO_(2) splitting step,Ni migrates toward the core of the bimetallic oxygen carrier,forming Fe–Ni alloys.During the air oxidation step,Fe–Ni migrates outward,creating a hollow structure owing to the Kirkendall effect triggered by the swift transfer of lattice oxygen.The metal atom migration paths depend on the oxygen transfer rates.These discoveries highlight the significance of regulating the release–recovery rate of lattice oxygen to uphold the structures and reactivity of oxygen carriers.This work offers a comprehensive understanding of the oxidation/reduction‐driven atomic interdiffusion behavior of bimetallic oxygen carriers.
