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Amine‐Functionalized SBA-15 Supported Ru Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogenation CO2 to Formic Acid

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The gradual rise in CO2 emission urged the search for different techniques not only to capture the CO2 gas but also transform the same in useful chemicals such as formic acid. In the present study, we established an effective protocol to support Ru NPs on amine-functionalized SBA-15 mesoporous silica and further utilized them as catalysts for the direct hydrogenation of CO2 gas into the formic acid. The presence of organoamine groups around the Ru NPs plays a significant role to stabilize the Ru NPs followed by strong metal-molecular support interaction (between Ru NPs and SBA-15) and delivering the improved catalytic activities for the easy CO2 reduction into the formic acid formation. We reported a comprehensive study on the impacts of various amine groups on the catalytic performance of amine-functionalized SBA-15 supported Ru catalysts for formic acid formation. We also demonstrated a comprehensive study of different amine groups on the catalytic performance of ultrafine uniformly dispersed Ru NPs over mesoporous SBA-15 support. The effect of various compositional and steric properties of amine groups on the size/distribution of the Ru NPs were closely studied and correlated with their catalytic performance in the CO2 hydrogenation reaction. We successfully recycled the catalysts up to five runs with good catalytic activity.

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Srivastava, V. Amine‐Functionalized SBA-15 Supported Ru Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogenation CO2 to Formic Acid. Catal Surv Asia 25, 192–205 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10563-021-09325-9

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