Abstract
We herein report the preparation of ceria (CeO2) via a simple precipitation method for use as a catalyst support in the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction. More specifically, we optimized the titration time required to obtain highly active CeO2-supported catalysts for the WGS reaction. As such, Cu was employed as the active metal coupled with the CeO2 support. Notably, the CeO2–0 supported Cu catalyst (where the precipitant was immediately injected into a cerium nitrate solution) exhibited the highest CO conversion at a gas hourly space velocity of 36,050 h−1. This high catalytic activity of the Cu/CeO2–0 catalyst was mainly due to its high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, enhanced Cu dispersion, high number of oxygen vacancies, and enhanced reducibility.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 83-88 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Catalysis Today |
Volume | 309 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Jul 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was conducted under framework of the research and development program of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (B7-2424). This work was supported by National Research Foundation of Korea-Grant funded by the Korean Government ( 2016K1A3A1A19945429 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)