Abstract:
A series of Cu-Mn-Zn/ZrO
2 catalysts with different Zn contents were prepared by sol-gel method and characterized by XRD, BET, TPR, N
2O-adsorption, XPS, TPD and
in-situ DRIFTS. It was found that by increasing a certain amount of Zn, the catalytic activity for CO
2 hydrogenation increased. Among all samples, Cu
3MnZn
0.5Zr
0.5 (CMZZ-0.5) possessed the best CO
2 conversion (6.5%) and methanol selectivity (73.7%) at 250 °C and 5 MPa. Characterization results showed that Zn entered the Cu
1.5Mn
1.5O
4 spinel structure, forming ZnO
x and thus more surface OH groups. This increased the content of Cu
0 and Cu
α+, which improved the activation of H
2 and CO
2. The pathway of CO
2 to methanol was also clarified through
in-situ DRIFTS.