Front Cover: CO₂‐Promoted Catalytic Process Forming Higher Alcohols with Tunable Nature at Record Productivity (ChemCatChem 10/2020)

Abstract

The Front Cover shows a two‐seater airplane emerging from a thin cloud up in the sky on a sunny day. In their Full Paper, H. T. Luk et al. demonstrate a serial catalyst arrangement comprising copper and iron supported on carbon nanofibers and a zeolite, represented by the two pilots, that breach together a new level in the synthesis of higher alcohols from syngas. The production of alcohols over the first catalyst is enhanced by moderate amounts of CO2 added in the feed gas. Valorizing methanol and hydrocarbons obtained as byproducts over the second solid further boosts the productivity of the process, which reaches 4‐times higher compared to the state of the art. More information can be found in the Full Paper by H. T. Luk et al.