Issue 12, 2017

One-pass selective conversion of syngas to para-xylene

Abstract

The finite petroleum resources and environmental crisis compel the development of non-petroleum carbon resources by chemical transformation routes. Syngas (CO + H2) is a crucial junction point that exclusively bridges the non-petroleum carbon resources and other basic chemicals like alcohols, alkane/alkenes, etc. However, the one-pass conversion of syngas to value-added aromatics, especially para-xylene, is still a big challenge. Here we presented a promising hybrid catalyst, named Cr/Zn–Zn/Z5@S1, to effectively realize the one-pass conversion of syngas to para-xylene. This hybrid catalyst exhibited enhanced activity on syngas conversion (CO conversion of 55.0%), good stability of catalyst lifetime and considerable selectivity of para-xylene (27.6% in the total products and 77.3% in xylene). The characterization and catalytic performance evaluation revealed that the well-designed core–shell Zn/Z5@S1 zeolite, as a vital part of this Cr/Zn–Zn/Z5@S1 hybrid catalyst, substantially contributed to its extreme performance for the para-xylene one-pass precise synthesis from syngas. The concerted combination of two components in this hybrid catalyst can effectively depress the formation of unwanted by-products and facilitate the oriented synthesis of para-xylene from syngas with unprecedented efficiency at the same time.

Graphical abstract: One-pass selective conversion of syngas to para-xylene

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
06 Aug 2017
Accepted
14 Oct 2017
First published
16 Oct 2017
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2017,8, 7941-7946

One-pass selective conversion of syngas to para-xylene

P. Zhang, L. Tan, G. Yang and N. Tsubaki, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 7941 DOI: 10.1039/C7SC03427J

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