Issue 1, 2020

Additively manufactured RANEY®-type copper catalyst for methanol synthesis

Abstract

We describe a novel approach to prepare cellular RANEY®-type catalysts by combining additive manufacturing (AM) of a Cu–Al alloy followed by selective leaching of Al with aqueous NaOH solutions. Three-dimensional cellular geometries of Cu–70Al were fabricated by laser-metal-deposition (LMD). After activation by an optimized leaching process, highly active and selective catalytic structures for CO hydrogenation to methanol were obtained.

Graphical abstract: Additively manufactured RANEY®-type copper catalyst for methanol synthesis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 aug 2019
Accepted
24 nov 2019
First published
25 nov 2019

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020,10, 164-168

Additively manufactured RANEY®-type copper catalyst for methanol synthesis

C. Heßelmann, T. Wolf, F. Galgon, C. Körner, J. Albert and P. Wasserscheid, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 164 DOI: 10.1039/C9CY01657K

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