3D printing can prepare vehicle-mounted methanol reforming hydrogen production catalyst

Recently, the engineering science team of Shanghai Advanced Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences has made progress in the 3D printing technology to prepare on-board methanol reforming hydrogen production catalyst, which is expected to promote the development of methanol reforming hydrogen production technology in the field of vehicle fuel cells

Vehicle-mounted methanol reforming to produce hydrogen can supply hydrogen to fuel cell vehicles without using hydrogen as a direct raw material, providing an effective path for reducing fuel storage costs and transportation costs

To this end, the team proposed a method to prepare monolithic catalysts using 3D printing technology.

The research team synthesized the active component layer of copper-zinc flake structure on the high mechanical strength alumina porous support by dry crystallization and calcination method

After optimizing the reaction parameters, the space-time production rate of hydrogen per unit mass of the catalyst exceeds most of the currently reported catalysts of the same type.