Supervisor
Christian Danvad Damsgaard
Department of Physics and Center for Electron Nanoscopy
christian.damsgaard@cen.dtu.dk, 45256487
This project is focused on synthesis and characterization of novel Ni-Ga based catalysts for hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol
The overall goal is to look for materials that could be used as a low temperature (and low pressure) methanol synthesis catalyst. This is required for small scale delocalized methanol production sites, where installation of energy demanding compression units should be avoided.
Some efforts have been done so far, to study and optimize the Ni-Ga catalytic alloys and among different phases, Ni5Ga3 phase (supported by silica) has shown the best results in terms of activity and selectivity, comparable to that of highly optimised Cu/ZnO/Al2O3. So it represent an alternative to the commercial CuO/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts (48 wt. % Cu) currently used in modern industry.
The overall goal of this project is to produce phase pure catalyst by using co-precipitation chemical method. The project will involve the use of an in-house setup for activity test and X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy for structure investigation.
DTU Physics and DTU Cen
