Spinel CuFe2O4: a precursor for copper catalyst with high thermal stability and activity |
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| Authors: | Satoshi Kameoka Toyokazu Tanabe An Pang Tsai |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku Sendai, 980-8577, Japan;(2) Graduated School of Materials Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda Chiba, 278-0022, Japan;(3) National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Spinel CuFe2O4 has been studied as a precursor for copper catalyst. The spinel CuFe2O4 was effectively formed on the SiO2 by calcination in air at 800 °C with the atomic ratio of Fe/Cu = 2. The spinel CuFe2O4 on the SiO2 was reduced to fine dispersion of Cu and Fe3O4 particles by the H2 reduction at 240 °C. After H2 reduction at 600 °C, sintering of Cu particles over the CuFe2O4/SiO2 (Fe/Cu = 2) was inhibited significantly, while fatal sintering of Cu particles over the Cu/SiO2 (Fe/Cu = 0) occurred. The CuFe2O4/SiO2 catalyst exhibited much higher activity and thermal stability for steam reforming of methanol (SRM), compared with the Cu/SiO2 catalyst. The spinel CuFe2O4 on the SiO2 can be regenerated after an intentional sintering treatment by calcination in air at 800 °C where the activity is also restored completely. Based on these findings, we propose that spinel CuFe2O4 is an effective precursor for a high performance copper catalyst in which the immiscible interaction between Cu and Fe (or Fe oxide) plays an important role in the stabilization of Cu particles. |
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| Keywords: | CuFe2O4 spinel immiscible thermal stability regeneration methanol steam reforming |
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