Journal
CATALYSIS LETTERS
Volume 143, Issue 4, Pages 345-355Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10562-013-0977-7
Keywords
Higher alcohols synthesis; CO2 hydrogenation; Iron promoter; K/Cu-Zn-Fe catalyst; Synergistic effect
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- Natural Science Foundation of China
- Shenhua Group Corp. [U1261116]
- Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy and Gas Hydrate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [y107jd]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou municipality [2008Zi-D021]
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Effect of iron promoter on the microstructures of K/Cu-Zn catalyst was investigated by N-2 adsorption/desorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and H-2 temperature programmed reduction (H-2-TPR). Higher alcohols synthesis (HAS) from CO2 hydrogenation was performed in a fixed-bed reactor under the conditions of T = 300 A degrees C, P = 6.0 MPa, GHSV = 5,000 h(-1) and H-2/CO2 = 3. These characterization results showed that incorporation of iron into the K/Cu-Zn catalyst resulted in increase of BET surface area and dispersion of catalyst particles. Especially, medium iron addition facilitated the synergistic effect between Cu-Fe and Zn-Fe interactions, improved the reduction of catalyst and increased the amounts of dispersed copper and iron carbides active centers. In the HAS reaction, the conversion of CO2, the space time yield and selectivity of C2+OH increased first and then decreased as the increase of iron concentration. Among these iron-promoted K/Cu-Zn catalysts, the CuZnFe0.5K0.15 catalyst with a Fe/(Cu + Zn + Fe) ratio of 0.2 exhibited the highest alcohol selectivity of 36.67 wt% with a high C2+OH/C1OH of 6.76, which can be radically attributed to the especial morphology and optimum reduction degree.
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