Synthesis of liquid fuel via direct hydrogenation of CO₂.

ABSTRACT: Synthesis of liquid fuels (C₅₊ hydrocarbons) via CO₂ hydrogenation is very promising. Hydrogenation of CO₂ to liquid hydrocarbons usually proceeds through tandem catalysis of reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction to produce CO, and subsequent CO hydrogenation to hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). CO₂ is a thermodynamically stable and chemically inert molecule, and RWGS reaction is endothermic and needs a higher temperature, whereas FTS reaction is exothermic and is thermodynamically favored at a lower temperature. Therefore, the reported technologies have some obvious drawbacks, such as high temperature, low selectivity, and use of complex catalysts. Herein we discovered that a simple Co₆/MnO_x nanocatalyst c

SUBMITTER: He Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600929 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature