Co2 Hydrogenation To C5+ Hydrocarbons Over K-Promoted Fe/Cnt Catalyst: Effect Of Potassium On Structure-Activity Relationship

Developing efficient catalysts for direct CO2 hydrogenation to fuel hydrocarbons is of great significance for the effective utilization of CO2, and C5+ selectivity is one critical indicator for the process economics. In this work, a series of K-promoted Fe/CNT catalysts were prepared by the co-impregnation method, and their catalytic performance for CO2 hydrogenation was studied in a slurry-bed reactor. As a result, CO2 conversion and C5+ selectivity showed positive correlation with the increase of K/Fe ratio from 0 to 0.3, but further increase of K/Fe ratio above 0.3 slightly affected its. The catalyst with a K/Fe molar ratio of 0.3 achieved the best performance with CO2 conversion of 23.7% and C5+ selectivity of 56%. In addition, the structure-activity relationship of the catalyst was discussed based on various characterization results. K-modified catalysts presented a higher specific surface area and stronger CO2 chemisorption, which helped to improve CO2 conversion and C5+ selectivity. However, excessive potassium loading caused a loss of specific surface area, reduction degree, and graphitization degree of the catalyst, which inhibited the CO2 chemisorption and the formation of C5+ hydrocarbons.