Remarkable Activities of Ni–Cu/SiO2Catalysts for the Decomposition of Methanol to Syngas

Abstract The activities and selectivities of Ni–Cu/SiO2 catalysts for the titled reaction were investigated. The binary metal catalysts exhibited much higher performances than Ni/SiO2 and Cu/SiO2. In particular, 100% conversion and 100% CO selectivity were obtained over Ni0.1Cu0.9/SiO2 at a reaction temperature as low as 280 °C during the process time of 96 h.