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

마이크로 개질기 개발을 위한 박막형 Cu/ZnO 나노구조 촉매 합성

  • 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)
  • 여찬혁 (반도체화학공학부 전북대학교) ;
  • 김연수 (치기공과 광양보건대학교) ;
  • 임연호 (반도체화학공학부 전북대학교)
  • Received : 2013.04.24
  • Accepted : 2013.06.30
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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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.

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