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Promoting the Synthesis of Methanol: Understanding the Requirements for an Industrial Catalyst for the Conversion of CO 2
Author(s) -
Behrens Malte
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201607600
Subject(s) - catalysis , methanol , process engineering , process (computing) , production (economics) , heterogeneous catalysis , waste management , chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , nanotechnology , biochemical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , computer science , economics , operating system , macroeconomics
The hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol is a potential process for the sustainable production of synthetic liquid fuels. The Cu/ZnO catalyst employed for this reaction has been studied extensively for many years, and recent progress now has the potential to turn it into a prototype for complex promotional interactions in heterogeneous catalysis.