NANOCRYSTALLINE COPPER OXIDE HIGHLY DISPERSED ON MESOPOROUS ALUMINA BY INCIPIENT WETNESS IMPREGNATION METHOD: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

摘要

A low-cost Cu/Al2O3nanocatalyst was prepared and characterized by using diverse instrumentaltechniques.Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) studyexhibits 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 700 oC was confirmed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).