Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 272, Issue -, Pages 961-969Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.047
Keywords
Methanol steam reforming; Coprecipitated Cu catalyst; Zirconia support; Lifetime; Hydrogen production
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Durable catalysts are necessitated for the high temperature methanol steam reforming in compact hydrogen processors. The high durability at 400 degrees C can be obtained with a composite Cu catalyst where a small amount of Cu-ZnO-ZrO2-Y2O3-In2O3 is coprecipitated on a zirconia support. The lifetime of the composite catalyst containing 3 wt.% Cu is estimated to be as long as 53 x 10(2) h at 400 degrees C to produce the full conversion at a contact time of 250 g h m(-3). The deactivation rate empirically relates to the cube of the activity. The gradual deactivation is caused by the gradual reduction of the Cu surface amount and also by the reduction of the surface activity which is believed to decrease with an increase in the Cu particle size. The interaction between the thin layer of the coprecipitate and the support surface probably suppresses the aggregation of the coprecipitate leading to Cu sintering. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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