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Cover Picture: Reversible Selectivity Modulation of Gasoline and Diesel by a Facile Metal‐Salt‐Modified Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Strategy (ChemCatChem 24/2016)
Author(s) -
Wang Hao,
Xu Ke,
Cheng Yi,
Pei Yan,
Yan Shirun,
Qiao Minghua,
Li Zhen Hua,
Zong Baoning
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201601534
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , chemistry , catalysis , sulfate , fischer–tropsch process , nickel , gasoline , selectivity , salt (chemistry) , inorganic chemistry , potassium sulfate , chemical engineering , potassium , organic chemistry , engineering
The Front Cover shows a novel Fischer–Tropsch synthesis strategy that can adjust the selectivity of either gasoline or diesel simply by adding nickel sulfate or potassium sulfate to the aqueous reaction medium without the need to change the catalyst, the reactor or the reaction conditions.In their Communication, H. Wang et al. demonstrate that metal sulfate additives play a key role in this facile strategy by stabilizing the endogenous α‐olefins, which are the reaction intermediates, during the reaction, thus affecting the chain‐growth probability. By switching between nickel sulfate and potassium sulfate, one can reversibly produce gasoline‐ and diesel‐dominant products with exceptional flexibility. More information can be found in the Communication by H. Wang et al. on page 3701 in Issue 24, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600899).