O. Martin, A.J. Martín, C. Mondelli, S. Mitchell, T.F. Segawa, R. Hauert, C. Drouilly, D. Curulla-Ferré and J. Pérez-Ramírez Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6261-6265, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603172 Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission

 In their Communication Prof J. Pérez-Ramírez and co-workers demonstrate that the synergistic interaction of In₂O₃ and a ZrO₂ carrier leads to a highly stable material that provides methanol in high space time yields and with almost 100 % selectivity. Surface oxygen vacancies in indium oxide drive the selective hydrogenation of CO₂ to methanol. Strong electronic interactions between this active phase and the ZrO₂ carrier and further vacancy formation by CO co-feeding lead to excellent catalytic activity. The full paper (cover picture) is available at DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603172

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