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How does the metal-promoted In2O3 catalyst choose the pathway for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol?

Linlin Wu,ab   Rui Zou,ab   Shilong Xiong, ORCID logo ab   Menghui Liu,ab   Yuxiang Yang,ab   Donghai Mei ORCID logo *c  and  Chang-jun Liu ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science & Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
E-mail: cjL@tju.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 30072, China

c School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, China
E-mail: dhmei@tiangong.edu.cn

Abstract

The electronic metal-support interaction between Au nanoclusters and In2O3−x was investigated and compared with other metal-promoted In2O3 catalysts. Based on the analysis, |ICOHP|min—determined from the weakest C–O bond of adsorbed CO2 and COOH—was proposed as a descriptor to predict both the reaction pathway and the activity of metal-promoted In2O3 catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC07111A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Dec 2025
Accepted
31 Dec 2025
First published
02 Jan 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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How does the metal-promoted In2O3 catalyst choose the pathway for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol?

L. Wu, R. Zou, S. Xiong, M. Liu, Y. Yang, D. Mei and C. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC07111A

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