Efficient industrial-current-density acetylene to polymer-grade ethylene via hydrogen-localization transfer over fluorine-modified copper

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 8384 - 9
• Main Authors: Bai, Lei, Wang, Yi, Han, Zheng, Bai, Jinbo, Leng, Kunyue, Zheng, Lirong, Qu, Yunteng, Wu, Yuen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.12.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/133; 140/146; 147/135; 147/137; 147/143; 639/301/299/886; 639/638/77/886; Acetylene; Catalysts; Copper; Copper converters; Current density; Direct conversion; Engineering Sciences; Ethylene; Fluorine; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen; Hydrogen evolution reactions; Hydrogenation; Industrial applications; Localization; multidisciplinary; Polymers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Electrocatalytic acetylene semi-hydrogenation to ethylene powered by renewable electricity represents a sustainable pathway, but the inadequate current density and single-pass yield greatly impedes the production efficiency and industrial application. Herein, we develop a F-modified Cu catalyst that...