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On the Role of Oxygen Defects in the Catalytic Performance of Zinc Oxide
Author(s) -
Polarz Sebastian,
Strunk Jennifer,
Ischenko Vladislav,
van den Berg Maurits W. E.,
Hinrichsen Olaf,
Muhler Martin,
Driess Matthias
Publication year - 2006
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.200503068
Subject(s) - catalysis , methanol , zinc , nanocrystalline material , oxygen , oxide , chemistry , vacancy defect , organometallic chemistry , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , crystallography , engineering
” Systematic errors” , namely, oxygen vacancy sites in ZnO, are the active centers for the hydrogenation of CO to give methanol. Nanocrystalline ZnO with a high density of oxygen vacancies was prepared from special organometallic precursors, and its catalytic properties for methanol synthesis were studied.