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Highly Active and Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to Ethanol by Ordered Pd-Cu Nanoparticles.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 5/24/2017, Vol. 139 Issue 20, p6827-6830. 4p.
Subject
*CARBON dioxide
*ETHANOL
*NANOPARTICLES
Language
ISSN
0002-7863
Abstract
Carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation to ethanol (C2H5OH) is considered a promising way for CO2 conversion and utilization, whereas desirable conversion efficiency remains a challenge. Herein, highly active, selective and stable CO2 hydrogenation to C2H5OH was enabled by highly ordered Pd-Cu nanoparticles (NPs). By tuning the composition of the Pd-Cu NPs and catalyst supports, the efficiency of CO2 hydrogenation to C2H5OH was well optimized with Pd2Cu NPs/P25 exhibiting high selectivity to C2H5OH of up to 92.0% and the highest turnover frequency of 359.0 h-1. Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy results revealed the high C2H5OH production and selectivity of Pd2Cu NPs/P25 can be ascribed to boosting *CO (adsorption CO) hydrogenation to *HCO, the rate-determining step for the CO2 hydrogenation to C2H5OH. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]