Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 106, Issue 1-2, Pages 264-273Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(01)01016-3
Keywords
monolith; fuel cell; automotive applications; steam reforming; methanol
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In this paper, an experimental investigation concerning steam reforming of methanol over various alumina-supported monolithic copper-based catalysts is presented. The activity and carbon dioxide selectivity was studied over two sets of catalysts, one of which was doped with zirconium, with five different copper contents. The zirconium-doped catalyst were less active with respect to the hydrogen yield, however, they were at all times more selective towards carbon dioxide over the entire temperature interval. The catalysts have been characterised using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area measurement and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results show that the copper loading and modification of the active material by zirconia doping had a great influence on the methanol conversion and carbon dioxide selectivity of the steam reforming reaction. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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