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The role of hydrogen in methanol synthesis over copper catalysts |
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| Authors: | R. Burch S. E. Golunski M. S. Spencer |
| Affiliation: | (1) Catalysis Research Group, Chemistry Department, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 224, RG6 2AD Reading, UK;(2) School of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of Wales College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 912, CF1 3TB Cardiff, UK |
| Abstract: | The experimental observation that the activity of a series of zinc oxide supported copper catalysts is related to the surface area of the copper is examined in the light of recent evidence that hydrogen spillover from copper to zinc oxide is facile. A model is proposed which explains the effect of zinc oxide on copper in terms of a reversible transfer of hydrogen between copper and zinc oxide. It is suggested that therate determining step normally occurs on the surface of the copper but that therate of reaction can be dependent on the availability of spillover hydrogen from the zinc oxide. |
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