A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production.
Methanol is an important platform molecule for chemical synthesis and its high energy density also renders it a good candidate as a cleaner transportation fuel. At present, methanol is manufactured from natural gas via the indirect syn-gas route. Here we show that ethylene glycol, a versatile chemic...
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| author | Wu, C Yu, K Liao, F Young, N Nellist, P Dent, A Kroner, A Tsang, S |
| author_facet | Wu, C Yu, K Liao, F Young, N Nellist, P Dent, A Kroner, A Tsang, S |
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| description | Methanol is an important platform molecule for chemical synthesis and its high energy density also renders it a good candidate as a cleaner transportation fuel. At present, methanol is manufactured from natural gas via the indirect syn-gas route. Here we show that ethylene glycol, a versatile chemical derived from biomass or fossil fuels, can be directly converted to methanol in hydrogen with high selectivity over a Pd/Fe(2)O(3) co-precipitated catalyst. This opens up a possibility for diversification in natural resources for energy-starved countries. The working catalyst contains extremely small 'PdFe' clusters and metal adatoms on defective iron oxide to give the required metal-support interaction for the novel synthesis. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3de6440e-6d48-4e88-954a-46aad217a0682022-03-26T14:22:12ZA non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3de6440e-6d48-4e88-954a-46aad217a068EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Wu, CYu, KLiao, FYoung, NNellist, PDent, AKroner, ATsang, SMethanol is an important platform molecule for chemical synthesis and its high energy density also renders it a good candidate as a cleaner transportation fuel. At present, methanol is manufactured from natural gas via the indirect syn-gas route. Here we show that ethylene glycol, a versatile chemical derived from biomass or fossil fuels, can be directly converted to methanol in hydrogen with high selectivity over a Pd/Fe(2)O(3) co-precipitated catalyst. This opens up a possibility for diversification in natural resources for energy-starved countries. The working catalyst contains extremely small 'PdFe' clusters and metal adatoms on defective iron oxide to give the required metal-support interaction for the novel synthesis. |
| spellingShingle | Wu, C Yu, K Liao, F Young, N Nellist, P Dent, A Kroner, A Tsang, S A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production. |
| title | A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production. |
| title_full | A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production. |
| title_fullStr | A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production. |
| title_short | A non-syn-gas catalytic route to methanol production. |
| title_sort | non syn gas catalytic route to methanol production |
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