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Mixing Copper Nanoparticles and ZnO Nanocrystals: A Route towards Understanding the Hydrogenation of CO 2 to Methanol?
Author(s) -
Meunier Frederic C.
Publication year - 2011
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.201100011
Subject(s) - methanol , nanoparticle , copper , zinc , mixing (physics) , nanocrystal , selectivity , materials science , metal , chemical engineering , oxide , nanotechnology , catalysis , morphology (biology) , chemistry , organic chemistry , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , biology , genetics
The shape of things to come : The preparation and combination of nanoparticles of copper and zinc oxide with controlled morphology opens new avenues in the understanding of metal–support interactions and may help resolving the intricacy of methanol synthesis during the hydrogenation of CO 2 . The improved selectivity to methanol formation observed with some of the morphology combinations suggests that the reverse water–gas‐shift side‐reaction to give CO could be dramatically minimized (see scheme).