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Regulation of abundant Cu-ZnO interfaces in Cu/ZnO catalysts is critical to the thermal hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol. Herein, Cu-ZnO interfaces were precisely regulated by depositing thin ZnO films on copper phyllosilicates (CuSiO3) through atomic layer deposition (ALD) to prepare Cu/ZnO/SiO2 composite catalysts (denoted as xZnO/CuSiO3, x is the number of ALD cycles) for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Interestingly, 5ZnO/CuSiO3 exhibited much higher methanol selectivity of 68.1 % and methanol space-time yield (STYMeOH) of 0.39 g(MeOH) h(-1)g(cat)(-1) toward CO2 hydrogenation at 275 degree celsius and 3 MPa, as compared to the pristine CuSiO3 (38.1 % and 0.24 g(MeOH) h(-1)g(cat)(-1)), suggesting the significant role of Cu-ZnO interfaces. Compared to ZnO/CuSiO3(IM) prepared by the conventional impregnation method, 5ZnO/CuSiO3 possessed much higher CO2 conversion (13.8 % vs. 10.1 %) and methanol selectivity (68.1 % vs. 56.2 %). Furthermore, the catalytic activities of the prepared Cu/ZnO catalysts can be effectively regulated by changing the thickness of ZnO-ALD films, in which 5ZnO/CuSiO3 showed the best catalytic activity. Various characterization methods were applied to demonstrate that ALD-ZnO was evenly laid flat on the surface of CuSiO3 to construct abundant Cu-ZnO interfaces during the H-2 reduction treatment, which facilitated the dissociated activation of CO2 and formation of CH3O* reaction intermediate and simultaneously inhibited the generation of CO byproduct. In addition, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed the stronger interaction between Cu and ZnO over 5ZnO/CuSiO3, which implied more Cu-ZnO interfaces were generated for methanol production. Accordingly, this study verifies the significance of Cu-ZnO interfaces for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and provides a facile method to regulate Cu-ZnO interfaces by depositing ALD-ZnO films on the copper phyllosilicate precursor.
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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
ISSN: 0926-3373
Year: 2024
Volume: 361
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