Industrial carbon dioxide capture and utilization: state of the art and future challenges

W Gao, S Liang, R Wang, Q Jiang, Y Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dramatically increased CO2 concentration from several point sources is perceived to cause
severe greenhouse effect towards the serious ongoing global warming with associated …

State of the art and perspectives in heterogeneous catalysis of CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol

J Zhong, X Yang, Z Wu, B Liang, Y Huang… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-increasing amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has resulted
in great environmental impacts. The selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol, the first …

Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol

D Li, F Xu, X Tang, S Dai, T Pu, X Liu, P Tian, F Xuan… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The surface structure of heterogeneous catalysts is closely associated with their catalytic
performance. Current efforts for structural modification mainly focus on improving the catalyst …

Following the structure of copper-zinc-alumina across the pressure gap in carbon dioxide hydrogenation

A Beck, M Zabilskiy, MA Newton, O Safonova… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Copper-zinc-alumina catalysts are used industrially for methanol synthesis from feedstock
containing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The high performance of the catalyst …

Active sites for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/ZnO catalysts

S Kattel, PJ Ramírez, JG Chen, JA Rodriguez, P Liu - Science, 2017 - science.org
The active sites over commercial copper/zinc oxide/aluminum oxide (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3)
catalysts for carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrogenation to methanol, the Zn-Cu bimetallic sites or …

Stabilizing Cu+ in Cu/SiO2 Catalysts with a Shattuckite-Like Structure Boosts CO2 Hydrogenation into Methanol

J Yu, M Yang, J Zhang, Q Ge, A Zimina… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cu-based catalysts are widely employed for CO or CO2 hydrogenation into methanol.
However, their catalytic performance highly depends on supports, and the real evolution of …

Confinement of Ultrasmall Cu/ZnOx Nanoparticles in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Selective Methanol Synthesis from Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2

B An, J Zhang, K Cheng, P Ji, C Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The interfaces of Cu/ZnO and Cu/ZrO2 play vital roles in the hydrogenation of CO2 to
methanol by these composite catalysts. Surface structural reorganization and particle growth …

Heterogeneous catalysis

R Schlögl - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

MoS 2/ZnO van der Waals heterostructure as a high-efficiency water splitting photocatalyst: A first-principles study

S Wang, C Ren, H Tian, J Yu, M Sun - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Previous investigations [HL Zhuang and RG Hennig, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 20440–
20445; J. Kang, S. Tongay, J. Zhou, J. Li and J. Wu, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2013, 102, 012111] …

In Situ Spectroscopic Characterization and Theoretical Calculations Identify Partially Reduced ZnO1−x/Cu Interfaces for Methanol Synthesis from CO2

X Liu, J Luo, H Wang, L Huang, S Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The active site of the industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst used in CO2 hydrogenation to
methanol has been debated for decades. Grand challenges remain in the characterization of …