CO Hydrogenation to Methanol over Mesoporous SiO-Coated Cu-Based Catalysts.

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São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo 13560-970, Brazil.

Published: August 2024

Although chemical promotion led to essential improvements in Cu-based catalysts for CO hydrogenation to methanol, surpassing structural limitations such as active phase aggregation under reaction conditions remains challenging. In this report, we improved the textural properties of Cu/InO/CeO and Cu/InO/ZrO catalysts by coating the nanoparticles with a mesoporous SiO shell. This strategy limited particle size up to 3.5 nm, increasing metal dispersion and widening the metal-metal oxide interface region. Chemometric analysis revealed that these structures could maintain high activity and selectivity in a wide range of reaction conditions, with methanol space-time yields up to 4 times higher than those of the uncoated catalysts.

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