O-Tu-Fre-16 Defects in ZnO Promote Industrial Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO

Tuesday, June 4, 2013: 4:40 PM
French (Galt House Hotel)
Malte Behrens1, Stefan Zander1, Nikolas Jacobsen2, Gregor Koch3, Thorsten Ressler3, Jürgen Senker4 and Robert Schlögl1, (1)Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany, (2)BU Catalysis & Energy of Clariant (formerly Süd-Chemie), Germany, (3)Technical University Berlin, Germany, (4)University Bayreuth, Germany.
We have studied the mode of operation of the Al2O3 promoters in industrial Cu/ZnO catalysts for methanol synthesis. Efficient promotion was observed for Cu particles supported on Al-doped ZnO. We present a new structure-function relationship and a report the synthesis of improved Cu/ZnO:Al catalysts with low promoter content.

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