Metal oxide catalyst and method of selectively and chemically reducing carbon dioxide

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of selectively and chemically reducing carbon dioxide. The method includes bringing a gaseous mixture of carbon dioxide, methane, and hydrogen into contact with a metal oxide catalyst to form a syngas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The metal oxide catalyst has a chemical formula of Fe1MnaMbOx, wherein M is Ce or La, a is 0.1 to 0.5, b is 0.1 to 0.3, and x is chemical stoichiometry.

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