Metal dispersion dependent selectivities for syngas conversion to ethanol on V2O3 supported rhodium

Synthesis of ethanol from syngas over iron-promoted Rh immobilized on modified SBA-15 molecular sieve: Effect of iron loading

“…(1)), which can be conveniently manufactured from natural gas and coal at present and from biomass in the future (Pan et al, 2007): However, the catalytic conversion of syngas to ethanol remains challenging, and no commercial process exists as of today although the research on this topic has been ongoing for 90 years (Subramani and Gangwal, 2008). A growing consensus regarding ethanol synthesis from syngas is that supported Rh has a great potential for the reaction (Gronchi et al, 1994;Ojeda et al, 2004;Spivey and Egbebi, 2007;Haider et al, 2009). Three main products are involved in this process: CH 4 , CH 3 OH, and C 2 H 5 OH.…”

Insight into the mechanism and possibility of ethanol formation from syngas on Cu(100) surface

“…Ethanol synthesis from syngas is one of the promising processes in industry [7][8][9][10]; however, a number of surface intermediates and competing elementary reactions is involved in this chemical process, the use of known catalysts still exhibits low yield and poor selectivity [7,11]. Thus, for ethanol synthesis from syngas, developing a efficient and high selective catalysts has become the focus of attention in this field.…”

Structure–activity relationships of Co-modified Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts applied in the synthesis of higher alcohols from synthesis gas

“…[1][2][3]Especially Rh-based catalysts are highly selective towards higher alcohols due to the unique property of Rh to facilitate both the dissociative as well as the nondissociative adsorption of CO. [4][5][6][7][8][9]A well-balanced interplay between both steps is considered essential for higher alcohol synthesis (HAS). [10]Catalysts based on non-noble metals such as modified Fischer-Tropsch (FT) and modified methanol synthesis catalysts were developed aiming at large-scale industrial applications.…”