Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Direct synthesis of extra-heavy olefins from carbon monoxide and water

  • Chuanhao Wang,
  • Junjie Du,
  • Lin Zeng,
  • Zhongling Li,
  • Yizhou Dai,
  • Xu Li,
  • Zijun Peng,
  • Wenlong Wu,
  • Hongliang Li,
  • Jie Zeng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37599-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is challenged by the trade-off between enhancing C-C coupling and suppressing further hydrogenation of olefins. Here the authors break this challenge by developing a universal strategy to synthesis extra-heavy olefins from carbon monoxide and water via the sustained release of hydrogen and selective extraction of olefins.