The effect of calcination temperature on properties and activity of Cu/ZnO/Al_2O_3catalysts

The paper presents the results of the investigation on the influence of calcination temperature of Cu-Zn-Al catalyst precursor, on physicochemical properties and catalytic activity for water gas shift reaction. A model precursor of chemical composition corresponding with a typical commercial catalyst and prepared by coprecipitation method was studied. It has been shown that the temperature of calcination step determines the surface properties of the final catalyst, the active phase dispersion, and thus significantly affects the catalytic activity.