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Upgrading CO2 to sustainable aromatics via perovskite-mediated tandem catalysis

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  • Guo Tian

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Zhengwen Li

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Chenxi Zhang

    (Tsinghua University
    Ordos Laboratory
    Tsinghua University)

  • Xinyan Liu

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Xiaoyu Fan

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Kui Shen

    (South China University of Technology)

  • Haibin Meng

    (Taiyuan University of Technology)

  • Ning Wang

    (Beijing University of Technology)

  • Hao Xiong

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Mingyu Zhao

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Xiaoyu Liang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Liqiang Luo

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Lan Zhang

    (Beijing University of Technology)

  • Binhang Yan

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Xiao Chen

    (Tsinghua University
    Ordos Laboratory)

  • Hong-Jie Peng

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Fei Wei

    (Tsinghua University
    Ordos Laboratory)

Abstract

The directional transformation of carbon dioxide (CO2) with renewable hydrogen into specific carbon-heavy products (C6+) of high value presents a sustainable route for net-zero chemical manufacture. However, it is still challenging to simultaneously achieve high activity and selectivity due to the unbalanced CO2 hydrogenation and C–C coupling rates on complementary active sites in a bifunctional catalyst, thus causing unexpected secondary reaction. Here we report LaFeO3 perovskite-mediated directional tandem conversion of CO2 towards heavy aromatics with high CO2 conversion (> 60%), exceptional aromatics selectivity among hydrocarbons (> 85%), and no obvious deactivation for 1000 hours. This is enabled by disentangling the CO2 hydrogenation domain from the C-C coupling domain in the tandem system for Iron-based catalyst. Unlike other active Fe oxides showing wide hydrocarbon product distribution due to carbide formation, LaFeO3 by design is endowed with superior resistance to carburization, therefore inhibiting uncontrolled C–C coupling on oxide and isolating aromatics formation in the zeolite. In-situ spectroscopic evidence and theoretical calculations reveal an oxygenate-rich surface chemistry of LaFeO3, that easily escape from the oxide surface for further precise C–C coupling inside zeolites, thus steering CO2-HCOOH/H2CO-Aromatics reaction pathway to enable a high yield of aromatics.

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  • Guo Tian & Zhengwen Li & Chenxi Zhang & Xinyan Liu & Xiaoyu Fan & Kui Shen & Haibin Meng & Ning Wang & Hao Xiong & Mingyu Zhao & Xiaoyu Liang & Liqiang Luo & Lan Zhang & Binhang Yan & Xiao Chen & Hong, 2024. "Upgrading CO2 to sustainable aromatics via perovskite-mediated tandem catalysis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-47270-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47270-z
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