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Oxygen harvesting from carbon dioxide: Simultaneous epoxidation and CO formation

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posted on 2021-09-16, 10:53 authored by Han Xu, Muhammad Shaban, Sui Wang, Anas Alkayal, Dingxin Liu, Michael Kong, Felix PlasserFelix Plasser, Benjamin BuckleyBenjamin Buckley, Felipe IzaFelipe Iza
Due to increasing concentrations in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide has, in recent times, been targeted for utilisation (Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage, CCUS). In particular, the production of CO from CO2 has been an area of intense interest, particularly since the CO can be utilized in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Herein we report that CO2 can also be used as a source of atomic oxygen that is efficiently harvested and used as a waste-free terminal oxidant for the oxidation of alkenes to epoxides. Simultaneously, the process yields CO. Utilization of the atomic oxygen does not only generate a valuable product, but also prevents the recombination of O and CO, thus increasing the yield of CO for possible application in the synthesis of higher-order hydrocarbons.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Science

Department

  • Chemistry

Published in

Chemical Science

Volume

12

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

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© The authors

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Royal Society of Chemistry under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2021-09-13

Publication date

2021-09-13

Copyright date

2021

ISSN

2041-6520

eISSN

2041-6539

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Felix Plasser. Deposit date: 13 September 2021

Article number

13373

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