Effect of Cu and Cs in the β-Mo2C System for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Materials and Methods
- ni: number of carbon atoms of i.
- moli: number of moles i.
- mol CO2-un: mol of unreacted CO2.
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Catalysts | Reaction Condition | CO2 Conversion (%) | Methanol Selectivity (%) | Ref | |||
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P (bar) | T (°C) | H2/CO2 | GHSV | ||||
β-Mo2C | 20 bar | 150 °C | 3/1 | 120 mL min−1g−1 | 3.25% | 60% | This work |
Cu/Mo2C | 5% | 70% | |||||
Cs/Mo2C | 3% | 50% | |||||
Cu/Cs-Mo2C | 4% | 55% | |||||
MoC/TiO2-P | 20 bar | 250 °C | 5/1 | 75 mL min−1g−1 | 2.5% | 3% | [15] |
MoC/TiO2-D | 2.2% | 11% | |||||
MoC2/ZrO2 | 1.7% | 4% | |||||
Mo2C | 20 bar | 240 °C | 16/3 | 170 mL min−1g−1 | 2.8% | 8% | [33] |
MoC1-x | 8% | 3% | |||||
MoxCy/SiO2 | 4% | 12% | |||||
Cu/Mg/Al | 20 bar | 200 °C | 2.8/1 | 2000 h−1 | 3% | 30% | [30] |
Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 | 20 bar | 200 °C | 3/1 | 2000 h−1 | 5.19% | 67% | [29] |
250 °C | 13.4% | 13% | |||||
Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 | 30 bar | 250 °C | 3/1 | 400 mL min−1g−1 | 8% | 45% | [31] |
Cu/ZnO@SBA-15 | 30 bar | 250 °C | 3/1 | 44000 mL h−1g−1 | 10% | 25–30% | [32] |
Cu/ZnO/ZrO2@SBA-15 | 20–25% | 30% |
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Dongil, A.B.; Zhang, Q.; Pastor-Pérez, L.; Ramírez-Reina, T.; Guerrero-Ruiz, A.; Rodríguez-Ramos, I. Effect of Cu and Cs in the β-Mo2C System for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. Catalysts 2020, 10, 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101213
Dongil AB, Zhang Q, Pastor-Pérez L, Ramírez-Reina T, Guerrero-Ruiz A, Rodríguez-Ramos I. Effect of Cu and Cs in the β-Mo2C System for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. Catalysts. 2020; 10(10):1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101213
Chicago/Turabian StyleDongil, Ana Belén, Qi Zhang, Laura Pastor-Pérez, Tomás Ramírez-Reina, Antonio Guerrero-Ruiz, and Inmaculada Rodríguez-Ramos. 2020. "Effect of Cu and Cs in the β-Mo2C System for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol" Catalysts 10, no. 10: 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10101213