TITLE:
Effect of Cu Loading to Catalytic Selective CO Oxidation of CuO/CeO2 –Co3O4
AUTHORS:
P. Aunbamrung, A. Wongkaew
KEYWORDS:
Selective CO Oxidation; CuO/CeO2 –Co3O4; Cu Loading; Ce:Co Ratio; Co-precipitation
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science,
Vol.3 No.4B,
October
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: This work studied CuO/CeO2-Co3O4 with wt% Ce:Co ratio 95:5 for selective CO oxidation with effect of wt% Cu loading. The catalysts were prepared by co-precipitation. Characterizations of catalysts were carried out by XRD and BET techniques. The results showed a good dispersion of CuO for 5 wt% Cu loading catalysts and showed high specific surface area of catalyst. For selective CO oxidation, both 5CuO and 30CuO catalysts could remove completely CO in the presence of excess hydrogen at 423 K and 20CuO could eliminate CO completely at 443 K. Moreover, considering the selectivity to CO oxidation, the 5CuO catalyst has shown the highest selectivity of 85% while the 30CuO catalyst obtains the selectivity of 65% at the reaction temperature of 423 K.