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Active Sites on Oxide Surfaces: ZnO‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Methanol from CO and H 2
Author(s) -
Kurtz Melanie,
Strunk Jennifer,
Hinrichsen Olaf,
Muhler Martin,
Fink Karin,
Meyer Bernd,
Wöll Christof
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200462374
Subject(s) - catalysis , methanol , adsorption , oxygen , active oxygen , oxide , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , engineering
Is this place taken? A mechanism has been proposed for the formation of methanol from CO and H 2 on ZnO surfaces in which CO is adsorbed at oxygen vacancies on the heterogeneous catalyst (see picture: C red, H white, O gray, Zn black). The active sites are blocked when CO 2 is added to the gas mixture.