Nanocrystalline copper oxide highly dispersed on mesoporous alumina by incipient wetness impregnation method: Synthesis and characterization

Abstract

A low-cost Cu/Al2O3nanocatalyst was prepared and characterized by using diverse instrumental techniques. Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) study exhibits that the Specific surface area and pore diameter of nanocatalyst was 63.29 m2/g and 10.7 nm, respectively. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) study shows that the crystalline size of the nanocatalyst was 24.31 nm. Morphology of the nanocatalyst showed needle and plate-like structures using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). The nanocatalyst has high stability till 700oC was confirmed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).