investigation the performance of ethylene glycol assisting prepared ceo2-cu/kit-6 catalyst in steam reforming of methanol

'ordered mesoporous silicas were first reported in 1992[1]. mesoporous silica supported cu and ce nanoparticles have been investigated for hydrogen production from methanol steam reforming[2]. three-dimensional kit-6 possessing interconnected mesopores offers superior metal dispersion[3]. ethylene glycol (eg) assisted impregnation of copper catalyst on kit-6 (ceo2-cu/kit-6 (eg)) was performed and applied for steam reforming of methanol. the catalyst was characterized by xrd, bet and tem. it is found that smaller copper particles were well dispersed on kit-6 and better catalytic activity was shown for the ceo2-cu/kit-6 (eg) when compared with the catalyst of ceor2r-cu/kit-6 prepared by using the conventional impregnation method. thebest catalytic performance was about 94.01% methanol conversion, 95.92% h2 selectivity at 300 °c.'