Structure sensitivity of Cu and CuZn catalysts relevant to industrial methanol synthesis

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Van Den Berg, Roy ^a   Prieto, Gonzalo ^a,c   Korpershoek, Gerda ^a   Van Der Wal, Lars I ^a   Van Bunningen, Arnoldus J ^a   Lægsgaard Jørgensen, Susanne ^b   De Jongh, Petra E ^a   De Jong, Krijn P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HALDOR TOPSØE A S   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER NANOPARTICLE; COPPER OXIDE; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SILICATE;

CATALYST; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METHANOL; PARTICLE SIZE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84990964700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13057     Document Type: Article

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