Xiamen University breaks through the technical difficulties of atmospheric pressure hydrogenation of ethylene glycol from syngas

Sinochem News News Xiamen University announced that on April 15, the team of Academician Xie Suyuan and Professor Yuan Youzhu of Xiamen University published their research results in the journal Science , using C 60 as an electronic buffer to modify the copper-based catalyst for the first time.

Fullerenes represented by C 60 are known as "nano princes"

"The core of this technology is the combination of C 60 and copper catalyst, which realizes the subversive catalytic performance improvement of dimethyl oxalate hydrogenation to ethylene glycol from high pressure to normal pressure, and injects new vitality into carbon cluster catalysis

Another key point of the results is that under the buffer of C 60 , the hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to prepare ethylene glycol will be greener and safer

The development of non-petroleum route synthesis gas to ethylene glycol technology is of great strategic significance

After the joint efforts of three generations of postgraduates, and thanks to the sincere cooperation of six research groups, Science is also promoting the achievement in the same issue, pointing out that this research achievement will have an important impact on the academic and industrial circles.