CuO/ZnO/Ga2O3 catalyst for low temperature MSR reaction: Synthesis, characterization and kinetic model

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Paulo Ribeirinha (Author) FEUP; Cecilia Mateos-Pedrero (Author) FEUP; Marta Boaventura (Author) FEUP; José Sousa (Author) FEUP; Adélio Mendes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Vol. 221

Pages: 371-379

ISSN: 0926-3373

Publisher: Elsevier

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LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION - LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION

LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00N-1MV

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.09.040

Abstract (EN): Highly active catalysts for the methanol steam reforming (MSR) capable of operating efficiently at the same temperature of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HTPMFCs) devices are strongly desired. A novel CuO/ZnO/Ga2O3 catalyst was synthesized by co-precipitation method and characterized by ICP-AES, N2-physisorption, SEM-EDX and XRD. This catalyst showed a catalytic activity 2.2 times higher than commercial CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts at 453 K Two kinetic models one empirical and one mechanistic were applied to describe the methanol steam reforming reaction over one of the most promising catalyst family. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 9