TY  - JOUR
SP  - 619
TI  - Carbon nanofibers based copper/zirconia catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol: Effect of copper concentration
N1  - cited By 65
AV  - none
EP  - 629
SN  - 13858947
PB  - Elsevier B.V.
KW  - Carbon dioxide; Carbon nanofibers; Catalysts; Copper; Desorption; High resolution transmission electron microscopy; Hydrogenation; Inductively coupled plasma; Methanol; Nanofibers; Optical emission spectroscopy; Precipitation (chemical); Synthesis gas manufacture; Temperature programmed desorption; X ray diffraction; Zirconia
KW  -  Carbon dioxide hydrogenation; Cu loadings; Deposition precipitation methods; Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy; Methanol synthesis; Physico-chemical characterization; Slurry reactor; Temperature-programmed reduction
KW  -  X ray photoelectron spectroscopy
ID  - scholars10507
N2  - A series of novel bimetallic copper/zirconia carbon nanofibers supported catalysts with different Cu contents (5â??25 wt) were synthesized via deposition precipitation method. The physicochemical characterization of the calcined catalysts was carried out by X-ray diffraction, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, N2 adsorptionâ??desorption, N2O chemisorption, temperature programmed reduction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and temperature programmed CO2 desorption. Structure-reactivity correlation for catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol was discussed in details. Reaction studies revealed 15 wt as optimum Cu concentration for CO2 conversion to methanol with CO2/H2 feed volume ratio of 1:3. Cu surface area was found to play a vital role in methanol synthesis rate. CO2 conversion was observed to be directly proportional to the number of total basic sites. A comparative study of this novel catalyst with the recently reported data revealed the better CO2 conversion at relatively low reaction temperature. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
VL  - 334
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85033554089&doi=10.1016%2fj.cej.2017.10.087&partnerID=40&md5=3eb05777baf82dce7b51bc637fe24b6c
A1  - Din, I.U.
A1  - Shaharun, M.S.
A1  - Naeem, A.
A1  - Tasleem, S.
A1  - Rafie Johan, M.
JF  - Chemical Engineering Journal
Y1  - 2018///
ER  -