Open AccessSelective Short Chain Carboxylic Acid Production over Fe:Zeolite Nanoparticles from CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction
Author(s) -
Nurazni Amat Bahari,
Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/778/1/012070
Subject(s) - formic acid , zeolite , catalysis , mesoporous silica , selectivity , chemistry , mesoporous material , inorganic chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , nanoparticle , nuclear chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , engineering
In recent years, formic acid become as an alternative fuel that offer useful solution for the efficient energy storage. The formic acid was synthesized by the carbon dioxide hydrogenation reaction by using catalyst. The preliminary study on catalyst between zeolite that act as support while hematite iron oxide (α-Fe 2 O 3 ) that act as co-catalyst produced a new composite which is Fe-Zeolite. The Fe-Zeolite was synthesized by using sol-gel method with a weight ratio of 1:2 and 2:2. 1:2 of Fe-Zeolite gives the good activity for the production of formic acid which is 1305.41 ppm. The presence of different support material such as zeolite and mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) showed a significant difference in the catalytic performance and formic acid selectivity. The morphological and textural properties of the synthesized catalysts were determined by FTIR, XRD, TEM, and FESEM while the formation of formic acid from CO 2 hydrogenation reaction was evaluated using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC).