CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Copper Catalysts: Learning from Syngas Conversion

Much of the seminal work on the fundamentals of methanol synthesis from syngas over Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 catalysts was carried out by Spencer and co-workers. Their work addressed key questions relating to the reaction mechanism and the nature of the active sites. The findings of these studies, many of wh...

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Published inTopics in catalysis Vol. 64; no. 17-20; pp. 974 - 983
Main Authors Golunski, Stan, Burch, Robbie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aluminum oxide
Carbon dioxide
Catalysis
Catalysts
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Copper
Copper converters
Hydrogenation
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Methanol
Original Paper
Pharmacy
Physical Chemistry
Reaction mechanisms
Synthesis gas
Zinc oxide
Cu/ZnO/Al
Cu catalysts
CO
hydrogenation
Methanol synthesis
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Summary:Much of the seminal work on the fundamentals of methanol synthesis from syngas over Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 catalysts was carried out by Spencer and co-workers. Their work addressed key questions relating to the reaction mechanism and the nature of the active sites. The findings of these studies, many of which have since been validated and refined using modern computational and experimental techniques, are now informing the selection and design of catalyst systems for CO 2 utilisation by hydrogenation to methanol.
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ISSN:1022-5528
1572-9028
DOI:10.1007/s11244-021-01427-y