Lewis acid-base modulated lanthanum-doped zinc oxide catalyzed CO<sub>2</sub> conversion to ethylene carbonate

DU Changyuan; SU Qian; XU Zhenyang; FU Mengqian; JIA Songyan; DONG Li

doi:10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2023060

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DU Changyuan, SU Qian, XU Zhenyang, FU Mengqian, JIA Songyan, DONG Li. Lewis acid-base modulated lanthanum-doped zinc oxide catalyzed CO2 conversion to ethylene carbonate[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2024, 52(3): 305-312. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2023060

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DU Changyuan, SU Qian, XU Zhenyang, FU Mengqian, JIA Songyan, DONG Li. Lewis acid-base modulated lanthanum-doped zinc oxide catalyzed CO₂ conversion to ethylene carbonate[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2024, 52(3): 305-312. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2023060

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Lewis acid-base modulated lanthanum-doped zinc oxide catalyzed CO₂ conversion to ethylene carbonate

doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2023060

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College of Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquid Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Funds: The project was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178356, 22078329, 21890763).

Received Date: 2023-07-18
Accepted Date: 2023-08-14
Rev Recd Date: 2023-08-14

Available Online: 2023-09-18

Publish Date: 2024-03-10

Abstract

Abstract

The massive emission of the greenhouse gas CO₂ has caused problems such as global warming and ecological damage. How to effectively utilize CO₂ as a resource and create economic benefits has attracted much attention in recent years. In this paper, a series of La-doped ZnO catalysts were designed and synthesized targeting the synthesis of ethylene carbonate (EC) from CO₂ and ethylene glycol (EG), which could modulate the Lewis acid-base sites on the ZnO surface, and the catalyst activity was investigated under additive-free conditions. La-ZnO-1%-550℃ had the best catalytic activity with 0.54% conversion of EG, 7.326 mmol/(h∙g) and 99% space-time yield and selectivity of EC at 130 ℃, 4 MPa CO₂, and 1 h with good stability. Combined with the analysis of the crystal structure, morphology and surface acid-base of the catalysts, the results showed that La was uniformly distributed in the ZnO hollow nanosheets, and the surface of the La-doped ZnO calcined at 550 ℃ had the most Lewis acid-base sites, and the catalytic activity of the catalysts increased with the increase of moderate to strong Lewis acid-base sites.
- CO₂,
- ZnO,
- ethylene carbonate,
- Lewis acid-base catalysis

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