Tao Peng, Liang Ma, He Xu, Rong Liu, Wenzhuo Bao, Xiaoyan Liu, Ting Su, Kai Wu, Yu Meng
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Abstract
Mn-doped ZnOx composite oxides with tunable Mn/(Mn + Zn) molar ratios were synthesized by co-precipitation and integrated with SAPO-34 to construct bifunctional tandem catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to light olefins. The effects of Mn incorporation on phase evolution, surface oxygen vacancies, adsorption–activation properties, and reaction intermediates were systematically elucidated. Moderate Mn incorporation modifies the local ZnO structure, whereas excessive Mn induces ZnMn2O4 spinel formation. Among the catalysts, 30%Mn-ZnOx exhibits the highest fraction of defect/adsorbed oxygen species which is accompanied by enhanced CO2 adsorption and H2 activation behavior. H2-TPD, CO2-TPD, and DRIFTS collectively indicate improved activation matching and the formation of HCOO* and CH3O* intermediates, suggesting a possible formate-related hydrogenation route. When coupled with SAPO-34, 30%Mn-ZnOx/SAPO-34 achieves a CO2 conversion of 12.57% and ca. 80% light-olefin selectivity under optimized conditions, while maintaining stable performance over 100 h. This work highlights Mn-induced vacancy engineering as an effective strategy for designing Zn-based oxide/zeolite tandem catalysts.
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