Single-Step Production of Alcohols and Paraffins from CO2 and H2 at Metric Ton Scale
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVEnergy FocusNEXTSingle-Step Production of Alcohols and Paraffins from CO2 and H2 at Metric Ton ScaleChi ChenChi ChenAir Company, 407 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206, United StatesMore by Chi Chen, Mahlet GaredewMahlet GaredewAir Company, 407 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206, United StatesMore by Mahlet Garedew, and Stafford W. Sheehan*Stafford W. SheehanAir Company, 407 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206, United States*[email protected]More by Stafford W. Sheehanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0432-9260Cite this: ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 3, 988–992Publication Date (Web):February 16, 2022Publication History Received26 January 2022Accepted8 February 2022Published online16 February 2022Published inissue 11 March 2022https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00214https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00214newsACS PublicationsCopyright © Published 2022 by American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views12242Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (4 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Alcohols,Bioethanol,Catalysts,Fossil fuels,Hydrocarbons Get e-Alerts
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Conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels can occur via one-step (direct CO2 hydrogenation) or two-step processes; the latter typically involve an intermediate reverse water-gas shift to produce CO, which is then hydrogenated in a subsequent step like Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.
“The conversion of CO 2 to liquid fuels can occur via one-step (direct CO 2 hydrogenation) or two-step processes [286,287]; the latter typically involve an intermediate reaction such as the reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) expressed by Equation (4) to produce CO, which is then hydrogenated in a subsequent step like F-T synthesis [288,289].”
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- Authors
- Chen, C., Garedew, M., & Sheehan, S. W.
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- Air Company, 407 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11206, United States
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- Sheehan, Stafford W.
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Catalysis › Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Keywords
- CO2 utilization, hydrogen, one-step synthesis, alcohol chemistry, alkanes, CO2 hydrogenation, industrial-scale production, renewable fuels, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, butanol, isobutane, butane, isobutene, butenes, 1,3-butadiene
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