The scientific journal “Catalysts” published an article by employees of the Research Institute “Nanotechnologies and New Materials”: Selective Synthesis of a Gasoline Fraction from CO and H2 on a Co-SiO2/ZSM-5/Al2O3 Catalyst. The journal Catalysts is included in Q1 (General Environmental Science) and has a five-year impact factor of 4.2.

The work describes a simple method for producing synthetic gasoline from CO and H2 at low pressure (10 at) using an original catalyst developed at the research institute. The catalyst was tested in a pilot plant for 400 hours of continuous operation. The resulting sample of synthetic gasoline does not contain sulfur- and nitrogen-containing compounds or aromatic hydrocarbons, which significantly improves its environmental properties. The high content of iso-paraffin hydrocarbons in gasoline significantly increases its octane number.

The work was carried out within the framework of the national project "Science and Universities" with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, project No. 075-03-2021-016/4 in the laboratory "New composite and functional materials with special properties"

The article is publicly and freely available on the journal’s website (Link).