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CO2 Hydrogenation to Light Olefins Over In2O3/SAPO-34 and Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 Composite Catalyst

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Direct CO2 conversion to light olefins offers a chance to reduce CO2 emission with generating the revenue. However, a lack of efficient catalysts is a barrier for promoting this technology to an industrial scale. Here, we report a new catalytic system using a composite catalyst containing In2O3/SAPO-34 and Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 to enhance the light olefins yield. The effect of catalysts bed configuration including a physical mixture of In2O3/SAPO-34 with Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 (M-InS/Fe-Co), a dual-layer packing of In2O3/SAPO-34 followed by Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 (T-InS/B-FeCo) and a dual-layer packing of Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 above In2O3/SAPO-34 (T-FeCo/B-InS) is investigated. The M-InS/Fe-Co and T-FeCo/B-InS catalysts show a light olefins yield of 11.5 and 16.2% which are lower than that (18.9%) of the single Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 catalyst. A drastic reduction in the BET surface area (42 m2 g−1) of M-InS/Fe-Co catalyst compared to its theoretical value of 198 m2 g−1 is observed, suggesting the pores blockage. The T-InS/B-FeCo composite catalyst achieves a state-of the art light olefins yield of 21.5% due to a selective CO2 conversion to light olefins over In2O3/SAPO-34 and a highly active CO2 conversion to hydrocarbon over Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 which further converts the remaining CO2 from the former catalyst bed to light olefins and other hydrocarbon products until equilibrium CO2 conversion is reached.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported in part by the Thailand Research Fund and the Kasetsart University (grant no. RSA6280007), the Center of Excellence on Petrochemical and Materials Technology (PETROMAT), the Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), NSTDA, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand, through its program of Research Network of NANOTEC (RNN), the Postdoctoral Fellowship from Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, the Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute (KURDI) through its program of Development of Advance Researcher Competence System for Competitiveness in Agriculture and Food (FF(KU) 25.64), the Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation (B05F630097) and TTSF research project supported by Thailand Toray Science Foundation

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  1. Center of Excellence on Petrochemical and Materials Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Thanapha Numpilai, Supitchaya Kahadit, Thongthai Witoon & Metta Chareonpanich

  2. Research Network of NANOTEC–KU on NanoCatalysts and NanoMaterials for Sustainable Energy and Environment, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Thanapha Numpilai, Thongthai Witoon & Metta Chareonpanich

  3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Molecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong, 21210, Thailand

    Thongthai Witoon & Jumras Limtrakul

  4. Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Bamidele Victor Ayodele

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Khalifa University, P.O. Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Chin Kui Cheng

  6. Innovation Institute, PTT Public Company Limited, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, 13170, Thailand

    Nuchanart Siri-Nguan & Thana Sornchamni

  7. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong, 21210, Thailand

    Chularat Wattanakit

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TN investigation, validation, writing-reviewing and editing. SK writing-reviewing and editing. TW conceptualization, methodology, writing-original draft preparation, writing-reviewing and editing. BVA visualization, writing-reviewing and editing. CKC visualization, writing-reviewing and editing. NSN validation. TS funding acquisition. CW visualization, writing-reviewing and editing. MC visualization, writing-reviewing and editing. JL supervision.

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Numpilai, T., Kahadit, S., Witoon, T. et al. CO2 Hydrogenation to Light Olefins Over In2O3/SAPO-34 and Fe-Co/K-Al2O3 Composite Catalyst. Top Catal 64, 316–327 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01412-5

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