Interpretable machine learning analysis of catalyst and reaction parameters governing CO₂ hydrogenation to light hydrocarbons
摘要
Carbon dioxide hydrogenation over iron-based catalysts is governed by a complex interplay between thermodynamic driving forces, kinetic constraints, dynamic phase evolution, and promoter-induced electronic effects. Despite extensive mechanistic studies, quantitative separation of activity- and selectivity-controlling domains remains unresolved due to multicollinearity in experimental datasets. Here, we develop an interpretable machine learning framework to statistically disentangle thermodynamic and compositional control in Fe-based CO₂ hydrogenation toward light hydrocarbons. A curated dataset of 184 fixed-bed reactor experiments (2022–2025) was analyzed using ensemble learning algorithms with SHAP-based interpretability. XGBoost achieved robust predictive performance (