On the Role of Oxygen Defects in the Catalytic Performance of Zinc Oxide

Abstract

”Systematic errors”, namely, oxygen vacancy sites in ZnO, are the active centers for the hydrogenation of CO to give methanol. Nanocrystalline ZnO with a high density of oxygen vacancies was prepared from special organometallic precursors, and its catalytic properties for methanol synthesis were studied. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2006/z503068_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.