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Recent advances in CO2 reduction with renewable reductants under hydrothermal conditions: towards efficient and net carbon benefit CO2 conversion

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Zinc-based materials for electrocatalytic reduction reactions: progress and prospects

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ZrO2-promoted highly dispersed Cu–ZnO catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol under mild conditions

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Catal. Sci. Technol., 2026, 16, 1711
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Enhanced Methanol Synthesis over Self‐Limited ZnOx Overlayers on Cu Nanoparticles Formed via Gas‐Phase Migration Route

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Microscopic Investigation of H2 Reduced CuOx/Cu(111) and ZnO/CuOx/Cu(111) Inverse Catalysts: STM, AP-XPS, and DFT Studies

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CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Cu-ZnO-CeO2 catalyst: Reaction structure–activity relationship, optimizing Ce and Zn ratio, and kinetic study

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Does Water Play a Crucial Role in the Growth of ZnO Nanoclusters in ZnO/Cu Catalyst?

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Water and Cu+ Synergy in Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Cu-MgO-Al2O3 Catalysts

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Cu–ZnO Core–Shell Structures for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol: Insights into Reactivity and Deactivation under High-Pressure Conditions

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Tandem CuI – Zinc dust as a sustainable catalyst for the preparation of propargylamine derivatives via an A3 coupling reaction, under neat conditions

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Emerging Strategies in Engineering Cu-ZnO Interfacial Sites for CO2-to-Methanol: Mechanistic Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Highly dispersed active sites and strong metal-support interaction for boosting CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

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Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Oxide on Mesoporous Zirconia Using Zinc(II) Acetylacetonate and Air

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Methanol‐Facilitated Surface Reconstruction Catalysts for Near 200% Faradaic Efficiency in a Coupled System

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Atomic layer deposited zinc promoted copper catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol: Influence of support

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[Ce3+–OV–Ce4+] Located Surface-Distributed Sheet Cu–Zn–Ce Catalysts for Methanol Production by CO2 Hydrogenation

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Enhanced Methanol Synthesis over Self‐Limited ZnOx Overlayers on Cu Nanoparticles Formed via Gas‐Phase Migration Route

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Revealing Origins of Methanol Selectivity Loss in CO2 Hydrogenation over CuZn-Containing Catalysts

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ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 60
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Rich oxygen vacancies in core–shell structured Co3O4-CuO-ZnO@ZIF-8 for boosting CO2 hydrogenation to methanol

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Spinel ferrite catalysts for CO2 reduction via reverse water gas shift reaction

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Thermal Methanol Synthesis from CO2 Using Cu/ZnO Catalysts: Insights from First‐Principles Calculations

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Advances in methanol synthesis via MOF-based catalysts: A comprehensive review and critical analysis

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Carbon dioxide and "methanol" economy: advances in the catalytic synthesis of methanol from CO₂

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Synthesis and evaluation of lanthana modified Cu-based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to value added products

Sardar Ali, Dharmesh Kumar, Mahmoud M. Khader, Kartick C. Mondal and Muftah H. El-Naas

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Effect of atomic layer deposited zinc promoter on the activity of copper-on-zirconia catalysts in the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol

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Unraveling the active site for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over Cu/ZnO catalysts: insights from DFT and microkinetic modeling

Yu Zhang, Pengfei Du, Jingyuan Mei, Xinxin Tian and Shuanglin Qu

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Boosting CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol via Enriching the Cu─ZnO Interface on Layered Double Oxides

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Enhancement of Cu–Zn Interaction via Improved Cu–Zn Contact: Promoting Zinc Migration for Active Site Formation

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Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2025, 64, 14449
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Tuning Flame Spray Pyrolysis for Variation of the Crystallite Size in Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 and its Influence on the Performance in CO2‐to‐Methanol Synthesis

Mariam L. Schulte, V. Catharina Sender, Lorena Baumgarten, Arik Beck, Ajai R. Lakshmi Nilayam, Erisa Saraçi and Jan‐Dierk Grunwaldt

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High-performance Al-doped Cu/ZnO catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol: MIL-53(Al) source-enabled oxygen vacancy engineering and related promoting mechanisms

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Visible light accelerated CO2 hydrogenation to CO over a Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst: Teaching an old dog new tricks

Miha Okorn, Giovanni Cardolini Rizzo, Kristijan Lorber, Matjaž Mazaj, Nataša Novak Tušar and Petar Djinović

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Heterogeneous catalysts, reaction kinetics, and reactor designs for methanol production from carbon dioxide: A critical review

Xuguang Wang, Yaxin Liu, Xue Li and Dianhua Liu

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Microenvironment Regulation, Promoting CO2 Conversion to Mono- and Multicarbon Products over Cu-Based Catalysts

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Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2024, 63, 21613
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MOF-808 as Effective Support for Cu-Based Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol

Abinavnataraj Ramakrishnan, Simmy Rathod, Wakshum Mekonnen Tucho, Sachin M. Chavan and Zhixin Yu

Catalysts, 2025, 15, 324
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Active sites and impact of preparation pH on the Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 catalysts for methanol production via CO2 hydrogenation

Xinyue MENG, Shangcong SUN, Shuo CAO and Bo PENG

Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2025, 53, 1569
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Cr-Zn/Ni-Containing Nanocomposites as Effective Magnetically Recoverable Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol: The Role of Metal Doping and Polymer Co-Support

Svetlana A. Sorokina, Nina V. Kuchkina, Maxim E. Grigoriev, Alexey V. Bykov, Andrey K. Ratnikov, Valentin Yu. Doluda, Mikhail G. Sulman and Zinaida B. Shifrina

Catalysts, 2022, 13, 1
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Influence of alumina on the performance of Ag/ZnO based catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation

Paul Maurice Leidinger, Vitaly L. Sushkevich, Chiara Pischetola, Frank Krumeich, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven and Luca Artiglia

Journal of Catalysis, 2024, 440, 115837
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