Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Direct conversion of CO and H2O into liquid fuels under mild conditions

  • Yao Xu,
  • Jing Li,
  • Wenjing Li,
  • Weizhen Li,
  • Xiaochen Zhang,
  • Yue Zhao,
  • Jinglin Xie,
  • Xiaoping Wang,
  • Xi Liu,
  • Yongwang Li,
  • Dequan Xiao,
  • Zhen Yin,
  • Yong Cao,
  • Ding Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09396-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Developing new carbon resource transformation protocols leading to the production of liquid fuels with high selectivity under mild conditions remains challenging. Here the authors present a novel and energy-efficient catalytic route to directly transform CO and H2O to liquid fuels at low temperature in aqueous phase.