OA33 Hydrogen Production through Methanol Reactions over Au-, Pt-, and Pd-Ceria Nanoshapes

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 9:40 AM
Cabot Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Nan Yi1, Chongyang Wang1, Howard Saltsburg2 and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos1, (1)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, (2)Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Tufts, Medford, MA
Nanoscale ceria suitably modified with low-content gold has been identified as a promising new catalyst for methanol steam reforming. Mechanistic differences in the reaction pathway between groups VIII (Pt, Pd) and IB (Au) metals supported on ceria were identified; the latter system following the methylformate- formic acid- H2 pathway.

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