Single-site ruthenium catalyst supported on zeolite for CO₂ hydrogenation to methyl formate.

ABSTRACT: Technologies for the transformation of atmospheric CO₂ to useful chemicals, such as formic acid (FA), are essential to combatting excessive fossil fuel use and will need to be implemented on large scale. However, hydrogenation of CO₂ to (base-free) FA is challenging for heterogeneous catalysts, due to the requirement for low temperatures enforced by the entropically unfavorable reaction of gases. By coupling CO₂ hydrogenation to esterification, methyl formate (MF) can be prepared as a promising alternative platform chemical. Herein, a robust, heterogeneous single-metal-site catalyst was prepared and shown to achieve methanol hydrocarboxylation rates superior to nanoparticle catalysts (up to 18.3 ± 0.6 mmol hour^-1 [Formula: see text]) while mainta

SUBMITTER: Turnell-Ritson RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12002109 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature