Molybdenum Carbide as Alternative Catalysts to Precious Metals for Highly Selective Reduction of CO 2 to CO

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
• Main Authors: Porosoff, Marc D., Yang, Xiaofang, Boscoboinik, J. Anibal, Chen, Jingguang G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201404109; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fanie.201404109; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/anie.201404109

Abstract Rising atmospheric CO 2 is expected to have negative effects on the global environment from its role in climate change and ocean acidification. Utilizing CO 2 as a feedstock to make valuable chemicals is potentially more desirable than sequestration. A substantial reduction of CO 2 levels requires a large‐scale CO 2 catalytic conversion process, which in turn requires the discovery of low‐cost catalysts. Results from the current study demonstrate the feasibility of using the non‐precious metal material molybdenum carbide (Mo 2 C) as an active and selective catalyst for CO 2 conversion by H 2 .