Publications in Scientific Journals:
C. Rameshan, W. Stadlmayr, S. Penner, H. Lorenz, N. Memmel, M. Hävecker, R. Blume, D. Teschner, T. Rocha, D. Zemlyanov, A. Knop-Gericke, R. Schlögl, B. Klötzer:
"Hydrogen Production by Methanol Steam Reforming on Copper Boosted by Zinc-Assisted Water Activation";
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition,
51
(2012),
3002
- 3006.
English abstract:
A Zn-in-Cu near-surface alloy covered by a thin wetting layer of interfacial Zn(ox) is the most active state of an inverse CuZn catalyst. The bifunctional action of the mixed Cu(Zn)0/Zn(ox) surface allows for selective dehydrogenation of methanol to formaldehyde and for optimized water activation, thus providing the required source of oxygen for the total oxidation of HCHO to CO2.
Keywords:
copper/zinc alloys; methanol steam reforming; surface chemistry; water activation; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201106591
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