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Ambient-pressure hydrogenation of CO2 into long-chain olefins

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  • Zhongling Li

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Wenlong Wu

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Menglin Wang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yanan Wang

    (Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
    Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Xinlong Ma

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Lei Luo

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yue Chen

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Kaiyuan Fan

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yang Pan

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Hongliang Li

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jie Zeng

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

Abstract

The conversion of CO2 by renewable power-generated hydrogen is a promising approach to a sustainable production of long-chain olefins (C4+=) which are currently produced from petroleum resources. The decentralized small-scale electrolysis for hydrogen generation requires the operation of CO2 hydrogenation in ambient-pressure units to match the manufacturing scales and flexible on-demand production. Herein, we report a Cu-Fe catalyst which is operated under ambient pressure with comparable C4+= selectivity (66.9%) to that of the state-of-the-art catalysts (66.8%) optimized under high pressure (35 bar). The catalyst is composed of copper, iron oxides, and iron carbides. Iron oxides enable reverse-water-gas-shift to produce CO. The synergy of carbide path over iron carbides and CO insertion path over interfacial sites between copper and iron carbides leads to efficient C-C coupling into C4+=. This work contributes to the development of small-scale low-pressure devices for CO2 hydrogenation compatible with sustainable hydrogen production.

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  • Zhongling Li & Wenlong Wu & Menglin Wang & Yanan Wang & Xinlong Ma & Lei Luo & Yue Chen & Kaiyuan Fan & Yang Pan & Hongliang Li & Jie Zeng, 2022. "Ambient-pressure hydrogenation of CO2 into long-chain olefins," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-29971-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29971-5
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