Liquid-phase Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over Fe nanoparticles dispersed in polyethylene glycol (PEG)

The Fe nanoparticles dispersed in polyethylene glycol (PEG) can catalyze Fischer–Tropsch (F-T) synthesis at mild conditions (150 °C, 2.0 MPa H2, 1.0 MPa CO) with an activity as high as 1.5 molCO molFe−1 h−1. The F-T products, hydrocarbons, are insoluble in the green solvent PEG, and could be easily separated from the reaction mixture.