Iron-based catalysts discovered in light-driven carbon dioxide hydrogenation

Chinese researchers recently prepared a series of Fe-containing catalysts from MgFeAl Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) nanosheet by thermal reduction with H2 at temperatures ranging from 300 °C to 700 °C. The new discovery is applied to the light-driven reduction of CO2 to value-added hydrocarbons for the first time.