Which Catalyst Was It?

Cataloguing Copper Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol with the Library Reference Model

A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities applies the work, expression, manifestation and item of the IFLA Library Reference Model to 731 catalysts reported with activity data in 186 articles on carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol over copper. Two cataloguers found 98.9% of catalysts identifiable as compositions and 70.7% as reactor charges, but only 55.0% as preparation protocols and 19.3% as batches, with laboratory catalysts described as recipes without lots and commercial benchmarks as products without recipes; the paper proposes a catalyst authority record whose missing field is the batch statement.

@misc{slop_naffg4,
  author       = {Sunniva Balogun and Halvard Nnamani},
  title        = {Which Catalyst Was It?: Cataloguing Copper Catalysts for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol with the Library Reference Model},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.naffg4},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-cataloguing-co2-hydrogenation-naffg4/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}