O2 plasma-activated CuO-ZnO inverse opals as high-performance methanol microreformer

Yan-Gu Lin; Yu-Kuei Hsu; San-Yuan Chen; Li-Chyong Chen; Kuei-Hsien Chen

doi:10.1039/C0JM02605K

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O₂ plasma-activated CuO-ZnO inverse opals as high-performance methanol microreformer†

Yan-Gu Lin,^a Yu-Kuei Hsu,^b San-Yuan Chen,^a Li-Chyong Chen*^c and Kuei-Hsien Chen*^cd

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^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

^b Department of Opto-Electronic Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan

^c Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

^d Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
E-mail: chenlc@ntu.edu.tw
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Abstract

We report the use of oxygen vacancy-rich CuO-ZnO inverse opals to strikingly enhance the performance of catalytic methanol reforming reaction with a ratio of 1 : 0.125 : 1 (H₂O/O₂/MeOH) at a low reaction temperature of only 230 °C, yielding complete conversion of methanol, high hydrogen production rate, ultralow CO formation, and outstanding stability.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JM02605K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 Aug 2010
Accepted: 08 Oct 2010
First published: 18 Oct 2010

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J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 10611-10614

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O₂ plasma-activated CuO-ZnO inverse opals as high-performance methanol microreformer

Y. Lin, Y. Hsu, S. Chen, L. Chen and K. Chen, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 10611 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02605K

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