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Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol on MOF-Confined Metal Nanoparticles: A Review

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: High energy demand due to boosted economic growth has led to heavy consumption of fossil fuels, thus causing massive emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air. A promising solution to reduce carbon emissions is to convert CO2 into methanol (CH3OH), which requires high-performance catalysts. Metal nanoparticles have been in the spotlight due to their under-coordinated active sites. Nonetheless, conventional catalytic substrates have emerged with a decline in catalytic performance due to agglomeration of MNPs. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been acknowledged as alternative platforms to preclude aggregation of MNPs by encapsulation. This review introduces conventional heterogeneous catalysts on CO2 hydrogenation to CH3OH as the first endeavor, then summarizes recent progress of MNPs@MOFs on the same reaction, and, finally, points out the problems that remain unsolved.

Source: Catalysts

DOI: 10.3390/catal15090913

Authors: Zechen Ye, Wenxuan Xie, Hongyan Chen

Institutions: National University of Singapore, Huizhou University

Language: English

Topic: Catalysts for Methane Reforming

Subfield: Catalysis

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,654