A quasi-stable molybdenum sub-oxide with abundant oxygen vacancies that promotes CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation to methanol
Yasutaka Kuwahara, Takashi Mihogi, Koji Hamahara, Kazuki Kusu, Hisayoshi Kobayashi, Hiromi Yamashita
Abstract
Oxygen-defective molybdenum sub-oxide coupled with Pt nanoparticles affords high methanol yield in liquid-phase CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation <italic>via</italic> reverse Mars–van Krevelen mechanism.
Topics & Concepts
MolybdenumMethanolOxygenYield (engineering)OxideChemistryInorganic chemistryMolybdenum oxideNanoparticleMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryMetallurgyCatalysts for Methane ReformingCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis