Synthesis of liquid fuel via direct hydrogenation of CO 2

Significance CO 2 is a greenhouse gas. Synthesis of liquid fuel using CO 2 and H 2 is promising for the sustainability of mankind. The reported technologies usually proceed via CO intermediate, which needs high temperature, and tend to cause low selectivity. Direct hydrogenation of CO 2 to liquid fuel, not via CO, is a challenging issue. In this work, we designed a Co 6 /MnO x nanocatalyst that could successfully avoid the CO route. The reaction could proceed at 200 °C, which is much lower than those reported so far. The selectivity of the liquid fuel in total products reached 53.2 C-mol%, which is among the highest reported to date.