TIAN Jiarong,WU Huashuai,ZHANG Xiaosheng,et al.Theoretical study on Na promoter-regulated reaction pathways and product relative selectivity of CO2 hydrogenation to light olefins on Fe(111) surface[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2026,51(2):31-38.
TIAN Jiarong,WU Huashuai,ZHANG Xiaosheng,et al.Theoretical study on Na promoter-regulated reaction pathways and product relative selectivity of CO2 hydrogenation to light olefins on Fe(111) surface[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2026,51(2):31-38. DOI: 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20250107.
Theoretical study on Na promoter-regulated reaction pathways and product relative selectivity of CO2 hydrogenation to light olefins on Fe(111) surface
owing to the low cost and excellent catalytic performance
are widely used in
CO
2
hydrogenation to light olefins. Na can significantly increase the selectivity of light olefins
but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The influence of Na as a promoter on the reaction pathways and product relative selectivities of CO
2
hydrogenation to light olefins on the Fe(111) surface was studied by combining density functional theory (DFT) calculations and microkinetic modeling (MKM) analysis. DFT calculations show that Na doping modifies the electron density of the Fe(111) surface and significantly promotes CO
2
adsorption and activation. Moreover
Na reduces the energy barriers of C
2
H
4
* formation and desorption from 0.81 eV and 1.10 eV to 0.61 eV and 0.46 eV
respectively
and increase the energy barrier of CH
4
formation from 0.95 eV to 1.15 eV. MKM analysis shows that Na doping substantially increases the rates of C
2
H
4
* formation and desorption and reduces the rate of CH
4
formation. The rate-determining step of the entire reaction network shifts from C
2
H
4
* formation and desorption to CH
4
formation. The above results reveal the intrinsic mechanism that Na increases the rates of C
2
H
4
formation and reduces the rates of byproduct CH
4
formation to increase the C
2
H
4
relative selectivity by regulating electronic structures of the Fe(111) surface at the molecular level.
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