P-We-2 Preferential CO Oxidation over Ru/SiO2 catalysts

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Yun Ha Kim, Division of Energy Systems Research and Division of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, Sung-Dae Yim, Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea and Eun Duck Park, Division of Energy Systems Research and Division of Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
The Ru catalyst supported on SiO2 calcined at high temperatures showed the high low-temperature PROX activity. This can be interpreted that the particle size of Ru metal affects the oxidation resistance of Ru metal and that the metallic Ru shows the higher PROX activity than the oxidized Ru.

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