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Cover Picture: Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide‐Promoted, ZnO‐Supported, and Mn‐Promoted Cu–Fe Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of CO to Low‐Carbon Alcohols (Energy Technol. 4/2017)
Author(s) -
Hu Wei,
Li Wei,
Shen Rongchun
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.201700196
Subject(s) - catalysis , bromide , carbon fibers , chemistry , syngas , inorganic chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , composite number , engineering , composite material
Efficient catalyst : The cover image demonstrates the synthesis of low‐carbon (C 2 –C 4 ) alcohols from syngas using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide‐promoted, ZnO‐supported, and Mn‐promoted Cu–Fe catalysts. Although Cu–Fe based catalysts produce a large amount of hydrocarbons, their high catalytic activity and strong ability to synthetize long‐chain alcohols still attract significant attention. This work demonstrates that the Cu species are well reduced on the ZnO support and the Cu 0 /Cu + ratio on the surface increased as a result of catalyst modification. Cu–Fe 3 C dual active sites are generated on the flower‐shaped cetyltrimethylammonium bromide‐promoted MnCuFe/ZnO catalyst. The performance study demonstrates that the formation rate of total alcohols is enhanced (and low‐carbon alcohols even more so) at a relatively high level of catalytic activity. More details can be found in the Full Paper by Wei Li and colleagues at East China University of Science and Technology on page 557 in Issue 4, 2017 ( DOI: 10.1002/ente.201600366).