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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/KHNES.2013.24.3.193

Synthesis of Thin Film Type Cu/ZnO Nanostructure Catalysts for Development of Methanol Micro Reforming System  

Yeo, Chan Hyuk (School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Yeon Su (Department of Dental Technology, Gwangyang Health College)
Im, Yeon Ho (School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.24, no.3, 2013 , pp. 193-199 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, thin film type Cu/ZnO nanostructure catalysts were fabricated by several synthetic routes in order to maximize the performance of the micro reforming system. For this work, various Cu/ZnO nanostructure catalysts could be synthesized by means of four approaches which are chemical vapor method, wet solution method and their hybrid method. The reforming performance of these as-synthetic catalysts was evaluated as compared to the conventional catalysts. Among the as-synthetic nanostructures, sphere type catalysts with specific surface of $18.6m^2/g$ showed the best performance of hydrogen production rate of 30ml/min at the feed rate of 0.2ml/min. This work will give the first insight on thin film type Cu/ZnO nanostructure catalyst for micro reforming system for hydrogen production of portable electronic systems.
Keywords
Thin film type catalysts; Cu/ZnO; Nanowire; Nanosheet; Microsphere; Micro reforming system;
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