NDLI: The role of zinc oxide in Cu/ZnO catalysts for methanol synthesis and the water

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Author	Spencer, M.S.
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	All commercial catalysts for methanol synthesis and for the water–gas shift reaction in the low temperature region contain zinc oxide in addition to the main active component, copper. The varied benefits of zinc oxide are analysed here. The formation of zincian malachite and other copper/zinc hydroxy carbonates is essential in the production of small, stable copper crystallites in the final catalyst. Further, the regular distribution of copper crystallites on the zinc oxide phase ensures long catalyst life. Zinc oxide also increases catalyst life in the water–gas shift process by absorbing sulphur poisons but it is not effective against chloride poisons. In methanol synthesis, zinc oxide (as a base) removes acidic sites on the alumina phase which would otherwise convert methanol to dimethyl ether. Although bulk reduction of zinc oxide to metallic zinc does not take place, reduction to copper–zinc alloy (brass) can occur, sometimes as a surface phase only. A new interpretation of conflicting measurements of adsorbed oxygen on the copper surfaces of methanol synthesis catalysts is based on the formation of Cu–O–Zn sites, in addition to oxygen adsorbed on copper alone. The possible role of zinc oxide as well as copper in the mechanisms of methanol synthesis is still the subject of controversy. It is proposed that, only under conditions of deficiency of adsorbed hydrogen on the copper phase, hydrogen dissociation on zinc oxide, followed by hydrogen spillover to copper, is significant.
Starting Page	259
Ending Page	266
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10225528
Journal	Topics in Catalysis
Volume Number	8
Issue Number	3-4
e-ISSN	15729028
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	1999-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Physical Chemistry Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Catalysis Characterization and Evaluation Materials Pharmacy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Catalysis

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