title: Ultrasound-assisted copper deposition on a polymer membrane and application for methanol steam reforming.
abstract: Copper particles were electrolessly deposited on a palladium aerosol activated polymer membrane in the presence of ultrasound. An application of ultrasound introduced a faster deposition (220 μg min(-1) in deposition rate) and finer copper particles (9 nm in crystallite size) than those (11 and 41 μg min(-1); 27 and 32 nm) in the absence of ultrasound (i.e. respectively 20 and 45 °C in bath temperature with mechanical agitation). A better performance of methanol steam reforming (0.59 in mean conversion during 5h operation; 1.3 and 1.6 times respectively higher than those from 20 to 45 °C cases) at a 300 °C reaction temperature was materialized for the ultrasound application, probably due to a finer (i.e. a more textured) copper particle deposition on a polymer membrane.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, IN 47907, United States.
authors: Jeong Hoon
authors: JH
authors: Byeon
authors: Young-Woo
authors: YW
authors: Kim