Content description of the project
Carbon dioxide hydrogenation is considered as a way to shift of the chemical industry to renewables instead of fossil fuels. However, the current production techniques have significant room for improvement. This project will propose new potential routes for CO2 hydrogenation to light olefins.
Previous research has yielded only fragmented results. Experimentally, there have been trial and error studies of different catalysts and testing of particular catalysts under a limited range of conditions. The engineering aspect of the process has been largely overlooked, with only a few publications examining this aspect. Since it has been established that CO2 hydrogenation is an important step towards sustainable chemistry, it is imperative that it be addressed. Carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalysts, Ni- , Co- and Fe-based nanoparticles, can be of being used in induction heating reactors as magnetically induced phase, but there are not so many researches dedicated to this topic. This also shows the high importance of additional studies and probability of successful implementation of the project. There have also been not many attempts at implementation of in situ methods to study magnetically induced catalysts. The project will generate new knowledge and methods to fill these gaps.
By combining computational data with experimental results, activity‑structure relationships will beestablished that will shed light on the general trends and provide transferable information for predicting the activity of the catalysts. The latter, will enable future researchers in the field to predict the activity and selectivity of their catalysts. Moreover, this project will provide proof of concept, that induction catalysis is a viable method for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to light olefins. There is an ongoing effort to develop more economically efficient and environmentally friendly technologies for carbon dioxide utilization. The results of this project are expected to contribute to “green science” by reducing the energy requirements of the process.
