Direct Conversion of CO<sub>2</sub> to Ethanol Boosted by Intimacy-Sensitive Multifunctional Catalysts

  • Yang Wang
    Institute of New Energy, College of New Energy, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
  • Kangzhou Wang
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
  • Baizhang Zhang
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
  • Xiaobo Peng
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
  • Xinhua Gao
    State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
  • Guohui Yang
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
  • Han Hu
    Institute of New Energy, College of New Energy, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
  • Mingbo Wu
    Institute of New Energy, College of New Energy, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
  • Noritatsu Tsubaki
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan

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It is still a challenge to realize highly efficient conversion of CO 2 to a single target chemical. Herein, substantial progress has been made, both in catalyst design and reaction route exploration, for the direct conversion of CO 2 to ethanol. An alkene synthesis Na-Fe@C catalyst was integrated with another potassium-doped methanol synthesis CuZnAl catalyst to realize the direct conversion of CO 2 (39.2%) to ethanol (35.0%) selectively, accompanied by some useful alkene formation (33.0%). More in-depth in situ characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggested that the unique catalytic interfaces, intimacy modes of the multifunctional catalysts, as well as the intermediate of aldehyde species played vital roles in the higher conversion rate of CO 2 to ethanol. Moreover, the multifunctional catalyst is easy to fabricate, regenerate, and recycle, being very close to the real industry application. Therefore, this work is promising to enrich the horizon of the economical utilization of CO 2 for renewable chemical synthesis.

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  • ACS Catalysis

    ACS Catalysis 11 (18), 11742-11753, 2021-09-07

    American Chemical Society (ACS)

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