Study of copper-bearing catalysts used for methanol synthesis

Kostrov, V. V.; Morozov, L. N.; Novikov, Ye.N.

doi:10.1016/s0031-6458(83)80003-3

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“…Reactive primacy, at low conversion and low temperature, is given to the route wherein CO 2 is hydrogenated to methanol (reaction ). In this particular sense, their results confirm those of the earlier Russian work , and those of ICI . Furthermore, these measurements are also consistent with those due to Kieffer et al and Denise et al, from earlier in the decade, as well as work from the same group which had appeared in 1984, obtained through different means.…”

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“…They found that physical mixtures of these two systems were significantly more active than either of the individual formulations. Moreover, it appears that much earlier, a similar report had been made from research conducted in Russia, 149,150 which had been noted in the extensive 1987 review of Bart and Sneeden. 151 As such, in a very short space of time, two rather divergent groups of opinions had arisen from what were, in essence, very similar experimental perspectives.…”

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The Enigma of Methanol Synthesis by Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃-Based Catalysts

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et al. 2024

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The activity and durability of the Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 (CZA) catalyst formulation for methanol synthesis from CO/CO 2 /H 2 feeds far exceed the sum of its individual components. As such, this ternary catalytic system is a prime example of synergy in catalysis, one that has been employed for the large scale commercial production of methanol since its inception in the mid 1960s with precious little alteration to its original formulation. Methanol is a key building block of the chemical industry. It is also an attractive energy storage molecule, which can also be produced from CO 2 and H 2 alone, making efficient use of sequestered CO 2 . As such, this somewhat unusual catalyst formulation has an enormous role to play in the modern chemical industry and the world of global economics, to which the correspondingly voluminous and ongoing research, which began in the 1920s, attests. Yet, despite this commercial success, and while research aimed at understanding how this formulation functions has continued throughout the decades, a comprehensive and universally agreed upon understanding of how this material achieves what it does has yet to be realized. After nigh on a century of research into CZA catalysts, the purpose of this Review is to appraise what has been achieved to date, and to show how, and how far, the field has evolved. To do so, this Review evaluates the research regarding this catalyst formulation in a chronological order and critically assesses the validity and novelty of various hypotheses and claims that have been made over the years. Ultimately, the Review attempts to derive a holistic summary of what the current body of literature tells us about the fundamental sources of the synergies at work within the CZA catalyst and, from this, suggest ways in which the field may yet be further advanced.

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