Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Structure sensitivity of Cu and CuZn catalysts relevant to industrial methanol synthesis

  • Roy van den Berg,
  • Gonzalo Prieto,
  • Gerda Korpershoek,
  • Lars I. van der Wal,
  • Arnoldus J. van Bunningen,
  • Susanne Lægsgaard-Jørgensen,
  • Petra E. de Jongh,
  • Krijn P. de Jong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13057
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The dependence of the Cu-catalysed methanol synthesis on the structure of the Cu surface is a matter of debate. Here the authors show that activity falls for Cu and Cu-Zn particles below 8 nm and propose this is due to the absence of certain atomic configurations on the smaller particle surfaces.