- Author
- Title
- Understanding the activity of Zn-Cu sites in methanol synthesis
- Supervisors
- Co-supervisors
- Award date
- 11 September 2013
- Number of pages
- 141
- Document type
- PhD thesis
- Faculty
- Faculty of Science (FNWI)
- Institute
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
- Abstract
- This thesis deals with the Cu/ZnO interaction in activated methanol synthesis catalysts. A combination of classical characterization techniques and surface science techniques was applied to probe the dynamic modification of catalyst structure upon the activation in hydrogen.
- Note
- Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.397537
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Thesis
Cover
Title pages
Contents
1: Introduction
2: The effect of the reduction temperature on the structure of Cu/ZnO/SiO2 catalysts for methanol synthesis
3: Dynamic Cu/Zn interaction in SiO2 supported methanol synthesis catalysts unraveled by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy
4: Detection of hydrogen-copper clustering in Zn1-xCuxO methanol synthesis catalysts using neutron scattering methods
5: Modification of the ZnO (0001)-Zn surface under reducing conditions
6: Exploring the activated state of Cu/ZnO (0001)-Zn, a model catalyst for methanol synthesis
Summary
Samenvatting
List of publications
Acknowledgements
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