Methanol Production via CO2 Hydrogenation on Promoted Cu-based Catalyst

This work will focus on the development of the methanol synthesis catalyst to find
promising catalyst to increase the methanol selectivity and long life activity. A number
of studies on this reaction have been reported over copper Cu-based catalysts on
Alumina Support (Cu/ZnO/Al2O3). This catalyst undergoes to deactivation process due
to the water produced from the reaction and also due to the heat released from the
reaction. This paper will mainly focus on synthesizing the copper based catalyst on the
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) as catalyst support for CO2 hydrogenation to synthesize
methanol. The author is focusing on the effect of adding promoters such as niobium
(Nb) and zirconium (Zr) on the properties of catalyst.