Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2026, Vol. 84: 236-249.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(26)65007-3
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Shican Jianga, Mingyu Yia, Zuozheng Liua, Abhishek Dutta Chowdhurya,b(
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Received:2025-07-29
Accepted:2025-11-19
Online:2026-05-18
Published:2026-04-16
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*E-mail: abhishek@whu.edu.cn, abhishek@wust.edu.cn (A. Chowdhury).About author:First author contact: Shican Jiang: Writing - original draft, Visualization, Validation, Resources, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Data curation. Mingyu Yi: Catalyst evaluation, Data analysis. Zuozheng Liu: Catalyst evaluation, Data analysis. Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury: Conceptualization, Data analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Funding acquisition. Writing - review & editing.
Supported by:Shican Jiang, Mingyu Yi, Zuozheng Liu, Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury. Linking catalyst synthesis strategies to CO2-modified Fischer-Tropsch performance in iron-carbon systems[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 84: 236-249.
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Fig. 1. The schematic presentation of catalyst synthesis strategies (ball milling vs. impregnation) used in this work, including their nomenclature (ferrous glycinate-FG, ferric acetylacetonate-FAC, trimesic acid-BTC, salicylic acid-SA).
Fig. 2. XRD patterns of standalone ligand, commercial iron salt, and iron-ligand complexes (a), Fe@C-FAC+BTC-based (b), and Fe@C-FAC+SA-based (c) pyrolyzed catalysts (ferric acetylacetonate-FAC, trimesic acid-BTC, salicylic acid-SA, ball milling-BM, impregnation-IM).
Fig. 3. Preliminary catalytic performance evaluation of pyrolyzed K-promoted Fe@C-catalysts after adding organic ligands at different mass ratios and using different protocols (i.e., BM vs. IM). The comparison between K/Fe@C-FAC and K/Fe@C-FAC catalysts with different Fe salts/BTC mass ratios (a) and their synthesis method (b). (c) The comparison between K/Fe@C-FAC and K/Fe@C-FAC catalysts with different mass ratios of Fe salts/SA. Reaction conditions: without any reductive treatment, H2/CO2?=?3, 350?°C, 3?MPa, 18000?mL g-1 h-1 at a time on stream of 6-7 h. See Figs. S19-S30 for the full TOS data. Note that synthesized materials were presented in a “Fe@C-FAC+BTC (or SA)-x-y+ BM (or IM) manner, where x and y refer to the mass ratio of commercial iron salts to carbon sources (ligands), respectively (ferric acetylacetonate-FAC, trimesic acid-BTC, salicylic acid-SA, ball milling-BM, impregnation-IM).
Fig. 4. XRD patterns of ligand, commercial iron salt and iron-ligand complexes (a), Fe@NC+BTC-based catalysts (b), and Fe@NC+SA-based catalysts (c). Ferrous glycinate-FG, trimesic acid-BTC, salicylic acid-SA, ball milling-BM, impregnation-IM.
Fig. 5. Preliminary catalytic performance evaluation of pyrolyzed K-promoted Fe@NC-catalysts after adding organic ligands at different mass ratios and using different protocols (i.e., BM vs. IM). Evaluation of K/Fe@NC-FG catalysts with a different mass ratio of commercial iron salts to BTC (a) and their different synthesis methods (b). (c) Evaluation of K/Fe@NC-FG catalysts with a different mass ratio of commercial iron salts to SA. Reaction conditions: without any reductive treatment, H2/CO2 = 3, 350 °C, 3 MPa, 18000 mL g-1 h-1 at a time on stream of 6-7 h. See Figs. S43-S54 for the full TOS data. Note that synthesized materials were presented in a “Fe@NC-FG+BTC (or SA)-x-y+ BM (or IM) manner, where x and y refer to the mass ratio of commercial iron salts to carbon sources (ligands), respectively (ferrous glycinate-FG trimesic acid-BTC, salicylic acid-SA, ball milling-BM, impregnation-IM).
Fig. 6. Impact of synthesis method and reaction parameters on FTS performance over K-promoted K/Fe@NC-FG (a) and K/Fe@C-FAC (b) catalytic systems, along with their net selectivity increase/decrease with respect to organic-free catalytic systems (c,d). Reaction conditions: without any reductive treatment, H2/CO2 = 3, 350-240 °C, 3 MPa, 18000-4800 mL g-1 h-1 at a time on stream of 6-7 h. See Figs.S19-S30, S43-69 for the full TOS data. Note that synthesized materials were presented in a “Fe@NC-FG+BTC (or SA)-x-y+ BM (or IM) manner, where x and y refer to the mass ratio of commercial iron salts to carbon sources (ligands), respectively (ferrous glycinate-FG, ferric acetylacetonate-FAC, trimesic acid-BTC, salicylic acid-SA, ball milling-BM, impregnation-IM).
Fig. 7. Catalyst performance evaluation of bifunctional (K/Fe@NC-FG+SA-1-1+IM + zeolite ZSM-5)-based catalytic systems during CO2-derived FTS process. Combined with ZSM-5 zeolites with different silica-alumina ratios (a) and different integration manners (b). Reaction conditions: H2/CO2 = 3, 350 °C, 3 MPa, F = 12 mL/min, K/Fe@NC-FG+SA-1-1+IM: 40 mg, ZSM-5: 80 mg at a time on stream of 20 h We refer to Figs. S76?S81 for additional catalysis figures (ferrous glycinate-FG, salicylic acid-SA, impregnation-IM).
Fig. 8. The hypothesized working protocol is based on the understanding of this work. Direct pyrolysis of iron salts causes agglomeration, reducing active site exposure and activity. Ball milling with trimesic acid or impregnation with salicylic acid before pyrolysis improves dispersion, reduces particle size, and forms porous structures. These features enhance CO2 and H2 adsorption, promote long-chain hydrocarbon growth, and achieve high CO2 conversion with superior preferential multi-carbon product selectivity and lower undesired C1 selectivity. Our catalytic system features a high degree of graphitization, an additional carbon source that enhances the dispersion of metal particles within the carbon matrix, a unique pore geometry that ensures rapid diffusion, and suitable K and N promoters acting as effective electron donors to influence CO2 dissociation and carbon-carbon coupling.
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