Issue 40, 2022

Enhanced transformation of CO2 over microporous Ce-doped Zr metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOF) have been studied extensively for the adsorption and catalytic conversion of CO2. However, previous studies mainly focused on the adsorption capabilities of partially or totally Ce substituted UiO-66, there are few studies focusing on transformation of the structure and catalytic activity of these materials. In this work, a series of Zr/Ce-based MOFs with UiO-66 architecture catalysts were prepared for the conversion of CO2 into value-added dimethyl carbonate (DMC). Owing to the different addition order of the two metals, significantly varied shapes and sizes were observed. Accordingly, the catalytic activity is greatly varied by adding a second metal. The different catalytic activities may arise from the different acid–base properties after Ce doping as well as the morphology and shape changes. Besides, the formation of terminal methoxy (t-OCH3) was found to be the rate limiting step. Finally, the reaction mechanism of CO2 transformation in the presence of a dehydrating agent was proposed.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced transformation of CO2 over microporous Ce-doped Zr metal–organic frameworks

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Apr. 2022
Accepted
05 Sept. 2022
First published
15 Sept. 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26307-26318

Enhanced transformation of CO2 over microporous Ce-doped Zr metal–organic frameworks

J. Bai, Z. Song, L. Liu, X. Zhu, F. Gao and R. V. Chaudhari, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 26307 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA02680E

This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications, without requesting further permission from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given and it is not used for commercial purposes.

To request permission to reproduce material from this article in a commercial publication, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party commercial publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements