Materials Chemistry of Cu/ZnO-based Catalysts for Methanol Synthesis and Steam Reforming
Year: 2013
Type: other
Abstract: 7 Foreword 11 List of Publications Presented in this Thesis 17 Introduction 19 Methanol Chemistry 19 Methanol Steam Reforming 51 Synthesis 95 The “Chemical Memory” of the industrially applied catalyst synthesis 95 Minerals as model compounds for Cu/ZnO catalyst precursors: Structural and thermal properties and IR spectra of mineral and synthetic (zincian) malachite, rosasite and aurichalcite and a catalyst precursor mixture 97 Mesoand Nanostructuring of Industrial Cu/ZnO Catalysts 111 Structural Effects of Cu/Zn Substitution in the Malachite–Rosasite System 119 Understanding the complexity of a catalyst synthesis: Co-Precipitation of mixed Cu,Zn,Al hydroxycarbonate precursors for Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts investigated by titration experiments 131 In-situ EDXRD Study of the Chemistry of Aging of Co-precipitated Mixed Cu,Zn Hydroxycarbonates – Consequences for the Preparation of Cu/ZnO Catalysts 143 Alternative Synthesis Approaches 155 Phase-pure Cu,Zn,Al Hydrotalcite-like Materials as Precursors for Copper rich Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalysts 155 Cu,Zn,Al layered double hydroxides as precursors for copper catalysts in methanol steam reforming pH-controlled synthesis by microemulsion technique 169 Microwave-hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of nanostructured copper substituted ZnM2O4 (M = Al, Ga) spinels as precursors for thermally stable Cu catalysts ........ 179 Knowledge-based development of a nitrate-free synthesis route for Cu/ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts via formate precursors 193 The Active Form of Cu/ZnO Catalysts 199 Microstructure and active site of Cu/ZnO catalysts 199 The Potential of Microstructural Optimization in Metal/Oxide Catalysts: Higher Intrinsic Activity of Copper by Partial Embedding of Copper Nanoparticles 201 The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Industrial Catalysts 207 In-situ observations of working Cu/ZnO catalysts using neutron diffraction 215 In situ neutron diffraction under high pressure-Providing an insight into working catalysts .... 215 In Situ Study of Catalytic Processes: Neutron Diffraction of a Methanol Synthesis Catalyst at Industrially Relevant Pressure 222
Source: MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)
Language: English
Subfield: Catalysis
Field: Chemical Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W802270038