OA02 Influence of ZnO facets on Pd/ZnO catalysts for methanol steam reforming

Monday, June 6, 2011: 10:00 AM
Cabot Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
He Zhang1, Vanessa Lebarbier1, Ayman Karim1, Junming Sun1, Patrick Burton2, Andrew DeLaRiva3, Barr Halevi3, Abhaya K. Datye4, John M. Vohs5 and Yong Wang6, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (2)Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (3)Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (4)Chemical & Nuclear Engineering and Center For Microengineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (5)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (6)Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
The objective of this study was to understand the influence of the ZnO dominating facet on the catalyst surface composition in relation with the catalytic activity for methanol steam reforming over high surface area catalysts.

 

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