An EXAFS investigation of Cu–ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts
- 15 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 85 (4) , 2291-2299
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.451126
Abstract
CuK‐edge EXAFS of calcined and reduced Cu–ZnO methanol synthesis catalysts (with a maximum copper content of 33 at wt. %) have been studied. The calcined catalysts contain two species, Cu2 + in a CuO‐like phase and Cu2 + occupying substitutional sites in the ZnO lattice. The reduced catalysts contain three species, Cu0, Cu1 + in a Cu2O‐like phase, and Cu1 + in an interstitial site in the ZnO lattice. In carrying out the EXAFSanalysis of these multiphasic catalysts, we have employed an additive relation for the EXAFS function and made use of residual spectra for identifying unknown species.Keywords
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