Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Processes in Supercritical Media N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences (ZIOC RAS) Leninsky Prospect, 47 119991 Moscow Russia
2. Department of Chemistry Lomonosov Moscow State University Leninskie Gory, 1–3 119991 Moscow Russia
Abstract
AbstractCO2 conversion via hydrogenation over iron‐based catalysts on non‐carbon supports produces mainly CO or methane by the Sabatier reaction, while the formation of C2+ hydrocarbons is of greatest interest. CxHy production from CO2 may be considered as a two‐step process with the initial formation of carbon monoxide by the reverse water gas shift reaction followed by the Fischer‐Tropsch synthesis (FTS). In the present work CO2 hydrogenation over iron‐based catalysts (Fe, FeCr, FeK) deposited on a carbon carrier has been studied. The catalyst structure has been investigated by XRD, TEM, XPS, Mössbauer spectroscopy and in situ magnetometry. Spinel‐type oxide phases (magnetite Fe3O4; maggemite γ‐Fe2O3, and, in the case of FeCr/C catalyst, iron chromite Fe1+xCr2‐xO4) are formed on the catalysts, and they contribute exclusively to the CO production. Iron carbides, active in FTS, are formed on Fe‐ and FeK‐catalysts during pre‐activation in reducing environment and then during the reaction. The reaction over the 20Fe1K/C catalyst in supercritical high‐density CO2/H2 substrate (400 °C, 8.5 MPa) leads to 72 % selectivity for C1–C12+ hydrocarbons (alkanes and alkenes). Under the same conditions, iron carbides do not form on the FeCr/C catalysts, and CO2 hydrogenation results in the CO formation with the selectivity of 90–100 %.