Copper-cobalt ferrites as catalysts for methanol decomposition

Abstract

Copper-cobalt ferrites with composition Cu1-xCo xFe2O4, where x= 0.2 and 0.8 were prepared by thermal treatment of co-precipitated precursor. The obtained materials were characterized by TG-DSC, XRD, Transmission and Conversion Electron Mössbauer spectroscopy and temperature programmed reduction with hydrogen. The catalytic properties of ferrites were tested in methanol decomposition to CO and hydrogen. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2014 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien.