The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation

• Published in: Nature catalysis Vol. 5; no. 9; pp. 818 - 831
• Main Authors: Zhao, Huibo, Yu, Ruofan, Ma, Sicong, Xu, Kaizhuang, Chen, Yang, Jiang, Kun, Fang, Yuan, Zhu, Caixia, Liu, Xiaochen, Tang, Yu, Wu, Lizhi, Wu, Yingquan, Jiang, Qike, He, Peng, Liu, Zhipan, Tan, Li
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Alternative energy; Atoms & subatomic particles; Carbon dioxide; Copper; Fourier transforms; Hydrogenation; Methanol; Nanoparticles; Single atom catalysts; Transmission electron microscopy; Wavelet transforms; Zirconium dioxide

Copper-based catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol have attracted much interest. The complex nature of these catalysts, however, renders the elucidation of their structure–activity properties difficult. Here we report a copper-based catalyst with isolated active copper sites for the hyd...