Increasing the activity of the Cu/CuAl2O4/Al2O3 catalyst for the RWGS through preserving the Cu2+ ions

Ali M. Bahmanpour, Benjamin P. Le Monnier, Yuan-Peng Du, Florent Héroguel, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Oliver Kröcher
2021 Chemical Communications  
Isolated Cu2+ ions actively participate in CO2 hydrogenation. The reduced Cu2+ ions form dispersed Cu sites which adsorb H2 where CuAl2O4 sites actively adsorb CO2.
doi:10.1039/d0cc07142k pmid:33411862 fatcat:fzxpe5voczfsrf3jbx6sqe3wxe