A manganese-promoted Fe3O4 microsphere for efficient conversion of CO2 to light olefins

In this work，a manganese well dispersed on Fe3O4 microsphere (Mn-Fe3O4) catalyst was synthesized. It exhibited excellent catalytic performance for direct conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into light olefins. A CO2 conversion of 44.7% with high selectivity of light olefin (46.2%, yield of 18.7%), high O/P ratio (6.5), and low selectivity of CO (9.4%) were obtained over the 10Mn-Fe3O4 catalyst. The Mn-Fe3O4 catalyst was studied by XRD, SEM, (HR)TEM, STEM-EDS, H2-TPR and CO2-TPD. The result indicated the manganese promoter could facilitate the adsorption of CO2 and the activation of C=O bonds as well as inhibiting secondary hydrogenation. This work offered a novel Fe-based catalyst system to the utilization of CO2 and an understanding in promoting C=O bond activation in the first step of CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons reaction.