Long-Term CO2 Hydrogenation into Liquid Fuels with a Record-High Single-Pass Yield of 31.7% over Interfacial Fe-Zn Sites

Lijun Zhang; Jiankang Zhao; Teng Li; Weizhe Gao; Hongliang Li; Luyao Wu; Wei Xia; Wenlong Wu; Chengwei Wang; Fan Wang; Shuhei Yasuda; Xiaoyu Guo; Yingluo He; Guohui Yang; Guangbo Liu; Zhiliang Jin; Jie Zeng; Noritatsu Tsubaki

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00150

Long-Term CO₂ Hydrogenation into Liquid Fuels with a Record-High Single-Pass Yield of 31.7% over Interfacial Fe-Zn Sites

Lijun Zhang, Jiankang Zhao, Teng Li, Weizhe Gao^*, Hongliang Li^*, Luyao Wu, Wei Xia, Wenlong Wu, Chengwei Wang, Fan Wang, Shuhei Yasuda, Xiaoyu Guo, Yingluo He, Guohui Yang, Guangbo Liu, Zhiliang Jin, Jie Zeng^*, Noritatsu Tsubaki^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Despite extensive research efforts in CO₂ hydrogenation, achieving a high yield of liquid fuels remains a significant challenge due to the limited conversion of CO₂ and the considerable formation of undesired C₁ byproducts. In this study, we report a record-high yield of liquid fuels from CO₂ hydrogenation facilitated by an Fe-Zn catalyst enriched with interfacial sites. These interfacial sites effectively enhanced carbon chain growth through the synergistic interaction of the carbide pathway and CO insertion while simultaneously suppressing the formation of CO and CH₄. Consequently, the selectivity for undesired C₁ byproducts was minimized to 14.7%, while maintaining a high selectivity of 72.2% for liquid fuels. Under optimized reaction conditions including 360 °C, 4.0 MPa, 4,000 mL g_cat^-1 h^-1, and CO₂/H₂ = 3, the liquid fuel yield reached 31.7% at a single-pass CO₂ conversion of 48.2%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4904-4912
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	25
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00150
State	Published - 2025/03/26

Keywords

CO hydrogenation
ZnFeO
long-chain hydrocarbon
modified Fischer−Tropsch synthesis
molten-salt-assisted

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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Zhang, L., Zhao, J., Li, T., Gao, W., Li, H., Wu, L., Xia, W., Wu, W., Wang, C., Wang, F., Yasuda, S., Guo, X., He, Y., Yang, G., Liu, G., Jin, Z., Zeng, J., & Tsubaki, N. (2025). Long-Term CO₂ Hydrogenation into Liquid Fuels with a Record-High Single-Pass Yield of 31.7% over Interfacial Fe-Zn Sites. Nano Letters, 25(12), 4904-4912. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00150

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