Reactivity of surface oxygen vacancy sites and frustrated Lewis acid–base pairs of In2O3 catalysts in CO2 hydrogenation†
Abstract
The effects of oxygen vacancy (VO) formation energy and surface frustrated Lewis acid–base pairs (SFLPs) on the CO2 hydrogenation activity of In2O3 catalysts were studied using density functional theory calculations. The VO formation energy of 2.8–3.3 eV was found to favor HCOO formation, whereas the presence of SFLPs is conducive to CO formation.