Silica accelerates the selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol on cobalt catalysts

The hydrogenation of CO2 into valuable chemicals is greatly demanded, but suffers from complex product distribution. Here, the authors reported that, as a support and ligand, silica boosts cobalt catalysts to selectively hydrogenate CO2 into the desired methanol product.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lingxiang Wang, Erjia Guan, Yeqing Wang, Liang Wang, Zhongmiao Gong, Yi Cui, Xiangju Meng, Bruce C. Gates, Feng-Shou Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14817-9