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Quasi‐Homogeneous Methanol Synthesis Over Highly Active Copper Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Vukojević Sascha,
Trapp Oliver,
Grunwaldt JanDierk,
Kiener Christoph,
Schüth Ferdi
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.200503169
Subject(s) - copper , methanol , catalysis , homogeneous , nanoparticle , colloid , aluminium , chemical engineering , materials science , syngas , homogeneous catalysis , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , engineering
Aluminum‐stabilized copper colloids with a size of about 5 nm (see picture) are the key to a quasi‐homogeneous version of the heterogeneously catalyzed synthesis of methanol from synthesis gas over Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 . The catalyst productivity is very high in spite of the absence of ZnO.