title: Continuous synthesis of methanol: heterogeneous hydrogenation of ethylene carbonate over Cu/HMS catalysts in a fixed bed reactor system.
abstract: Continuous fixed-bed catalytic hydrogenation of ethylene carbonate (EC) to methanol and ethylene glycol (EG), an emerging synthetic process of methanol via indirect conversion of CO2, was successfully performed over Cu/HMS catalysts prepared by the ammonia evaporation (AE) method. The catalysts possessed superb performance with a conversion of 100% and a selectivity to methanol of 74%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China. wldai@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei-Lin
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Dai