Following Cu Microstructure Evolution in CuZnO/Al2O3(−Cs) Catalysts During Activation in H2 using in situ XRD and XRD-CT

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Andrew M. Beale at the University College London and at the Research Complex at Harwell (UK). The cover picture demonstrates how X-rays can be used to obtain spatially resolved chemical imaging insight from within an industrial catalytic reactor. Understanding how the microstructure of the active Cu⁰ component in the commercially applicable Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃(−Cs₂O) low-temperature water-gas shift catalyst evolves under various H₂ partial pressures in the presence/absence of a Cs promoter during thermal activation has been the subject of the present investigation. Read the full text of their Research Article at 10.1002/cmtd.202200015.