{"title":"Crystal-Phase-Dependent Catalytic Performance of FeOOH in Aminocarbonylation with CO2","authors":"Dalei Sun, Ying Huang, Hongyu Li, Guoliang Lu","doi":"10.1007/s10562-025-05157-8","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Three FeOOH polymorphs (α-, β-, γ-) were synthesized and evaluated for n-butylamine carbonylation with CO<sub>2</sub>. α-FeOOH exhibited relatively high catalytic performance (83.5% conversion, 99.7% selectivity at 160 ℃ under 5.0 MPa) with excellent recyclability. The comprehensive characterization, such as XRD, BET, XPS, EPR, and TG-DSC/ESC, reveals that the catalytic activity is strongly correlated with two key factors: (1) surface hydroxyl concentration and (2) oxygen vacancy density, which are coupled with a balanced Bronsted-Lewis acid-base pair distribution. The superior performance of the α-phase stems from the synergistic effects of its oxygen-deficient surface (which enhances CO<sub>2</sub> activation) and the optimal distribution of acid-base sites (which stabilizes intermediates). This study establishes FeOOH polymorphs as potentially efficient catalysts for C-N coupling reactions and demonstrates that polymorph engineering is an effective strategy for CO<sub>2</sub> utilization.</p><h3>Graphical Abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":508,"journal":{"name":"Catalysis Letters","volume":"155 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Catalysis Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10562-025-05157-8","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Three FeOOH polymorphs (α-, β-, γ-) were synthesized and evaluated for n-butylamine carbonylation with CO2. α-FeOOH exhibited relatively high catalytic performance (83.5% conversion, 99.7% selectivity at 160 ℃ under 5.0 MPa) with excellent recyclability. The comprehensive characterization, such as XRD, BET, XPS, EPR, and TG-DSC/ESC, reveals that the catalytic activity is strongly correlated with two key factors: (1) surface hydroxyl concentration and (2) oxygen vacancy density, which are coupled with a balanced Bronsted-Lewis acid-base pair distribution. The superior performance of the α-phase stems from the synergistic effects of its oxygen-deficient surface (which enhances CO2 activation) and the optimal distribution of acid-base sites (which stabilizes intermediates). This study establishes FeOOH polymorphs as potentially efficient catalysts for C-N coupling reactions and demonstrates that polymorph engineering is an effective strategy for CO2 utilization.
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