Visualizing Element Migration over Bifunctional Metal-Zeolite Catalysts and its Impact on Catalysis

Yuhao Wang1, Genyuan Wang1, Lars I van der Wal2

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols, Ethers and Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.

Summary

Metal oxides combined with H-ZSM-5 impact CO2 hydrogenation. Mobile indium and zinc species neutralize zeolite acidity, decreasing hydrocarbon products, while less mobile chromium and zirconium enhance C2+ hydrocarbon selectivity.