摘要
The In_(2)O_(3)supported rhodium catalyst has been previously confirmed to be active for CO_(2)hydrogenation to methanol.In this work,the In_(2)O_(3)–ZrO_(2)solid solution was prepared and employed to support the rhodium catalyst.The deposition-precipitation method was applied to make the Rh catalyst highly dispersed.The catalyst characterization confirms that the use of ZrO_(2)optimizes and stabilizes the oxygen vacancies of In_(2)O_(3),which causes the enhanced adsorption and activation of CO_(2).The highly dispersed Rh catalyst remarkably improves the hydrogenation ability of the In_(2)O_(3)–ZrO_(2)support.Compared to Rh/In_(2)O_(3),the In_(2)O_(3)–ZrO_(2)supported Rh catalyst shows significantly higher activity with high methanol selectivity.For instance,at 300℃ and 5 MPa,the methanol selectivity over Rh/In_(2)O_(3)–ZrO_(2)reaches 66.5%with a space-time yield(STY)of methanol of 0.684 g MeOH h^(-1) g cat-1 and a CO_(2)conversion of 18.1%.The methanol selectivity and methanol STY at 300℃ is 19% and 26% higher than that of the Rh/In_(2)O_(3)catalyst.
基金
The authors are thankful for the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22138009 and 21536008).
