Active Sites and Structure鈥揂ctivity Relationships of Copper-Based Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol
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- 作者：Sittichai Natesakhawat ; Jonathan W. Lekse ; John P. Baltrus ; Paul R. Ohodnicki ; Jr. ; Bret H. Howard ; Xingyi Deng ; Christopher Matranga
- 刊名：ACS Catalysis
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：August 3, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：2
- 期：8
- 页码：1667-1676
- 全文大小：411K
- 年卷期：v.2,no.8(August 3, 2012)
- ISSN：2155-5435
文摘
Active sites and structure鈥揳ctivity relationships for methanol synthesis from a stoichiometric mixture of CO2 and H2 were investigated for a series of coprecipitated Cu-based catalysts with temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and N2O decomposition. Experiments in a reaction chamber attached to an XPS instrument show that metallic Cu exists on the surface of both reduced and spent catalysts and there is no evidence of monovalent Cu+ species. This finding provides reassurance regarding the active oxidation state of Cu in methanol synthesis catalysts because it is observed with 6 compositions possessing different metal oxide additives, Cu particle sizes, and varying degrees of ZnO crystallinity. Smaller Cu particles demonstrate larger turnover frequencies (TOF) for methanol formation, confirming the structure sensitivity of this reaction. No correlation between TOF and lattice strain in Cu crystallites is observed suggesting this structural parameter is not responsible for the activity. Moreover, changes in the observed rates may be ascribed to relative distribution of different Cu facets as more open and low-index surfaces are present on the catalysts containing small Cu particles and amorphous or well-dispersed ZnO. In general, the activity of these systems results from large Cu surface area, high Cu dispersion, and synergistic interactions between Cu and metal oxide support components, illustrating that these are key parameters for developing fundamental mechanistic insight into the performance of Cu-based methanol synthesis catalysts.