High-pressure advantages are examined for stoichiometric CO<sub>2sub> hydrogenation to methanol.
Reaction temperature and space velocity are systematically investigated under high-pressure conditions (46–442 bar).
High-pressure facilitates the reaction to enter thermodynamically controlled regime with excellent catalytic performance.
Strong interplay between kinetics and thermodynamics determines catalytic performance.
A remarkable methanol yield of 15.3 g<sub>MeOHsub> g<sub>catsub><sup>−1sup> h<sup>−1sup> can be achieved at 442 bar at high space velocity.