Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (9): 879-884.

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Phase Transformation of Cu/ZnO Catalyst Precursors for Methanol Synthesis

XIA Wangqiong, TANG Haodong, LIN Shengda, CEN Yaqing, LIU Huazhang*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang-zhou 310032, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2009-09-25 Online:2009-09-25 Published:2009-09-25

Abstract: The precursor structure plays a unique role in determining the interdispersion and the activity of the final catalysts. It is also evident that aging time influenced the precursor morphology. During the aging time, the composition and structure of the precursors changed obviously after the color transition point.

Key words: methanol, copper, zinc oxide, co-precipitation, ageing, precursor, phase transformation