Third scientific article for LAURELIN: Structural transformation of carbon-encapsulated core-shell CoNi nanoparticles during magnetically induced CO2 reduction into CO

LAURELIN project partner ITQ-CSIC has published an article entitled: “Structural transformation of carbon-encapsulated core-shell CoNi nanoparticles during magnetically induced CO₂ reduction into CO”.

The article can be accessed through the following link: Structural transformation of carbon-encapsulated core-shell CoNi nanoparticles during magnetically induced CO2 reduction into CO – ScienceDirect

Study Highlights:

1. Core-shell Co@Ni NPs encapsulated in carbon (Co@Ni@C) have been used as catalyst for magnetically induced CO₂ hydrogenation
2. While at low magnetic fields Co@Ni@C produces CH₄:CO mixtures, at higher fields it selectively generates CO
3. Co@Ni@C reaches a maximum conversion of 74.2% with complete selectivity towards CO at 53 mT
   
4. Co@Ni@C becomes fully selective to CO after the first catalytic cycle due to an atomic rearrangement of the core-shell structure