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B18-Core EXAFS I15-Extreme Conditions	Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst Simon Kondrat , Paul J. Smith , Peter Wells , Philip Chater , James H. Carter , David J Morgan , Elisabetta M. Fiordaliso , Jakob B. Wagner , Tom Davies , Li Lu , Jonathan K. Bartley , Stuart H. Taylor , Michael S. Spencer , Christopher J. Kiely , Gordon J. Kelly , Colin W. Park , Matthew Rosseinsky , Graham J. Hutchings Nature DOI: 10.1038/nature16935 PMID: 26878237 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [8071] Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Copper and zinc form an important group of hydroxycarbonate minerals that include zincian malachite, aurichalcite, rosasite and the exceptionally rare and unstable—and hence little known and largely ignored1—georgeite. The first three of these minerals are widely used as catalyst precursors2, 3, 4 for the industrially important methanol-synthesis and low-temperature water–gas shift (LTS) reactions5, 6, 7, with the choice of precursor phase strongly influencing the activity of the final catalyst. The preferred phase2, 3, 8, 9, 10 is usually zincian malachite. This is prepared by a co-precipitation method that involves the transient formation of georgeite11; with few exceptions12 it uses sodium carbonate as the carbonate source, but this also introduces sodium ions—a potential catalyst poison. Here we show that supercritical antisolvent (SAS) precipitation using carbon dioxide (refs 13, 14), a process that exploits the high diffusion rates and solvation power of supercritical carbon dioxide to rapidly expand and supersaturate solutions, can be used to prepare copper/zinc hydroxycarbonate precursors with low sodium content. These include stable georgeite, which we find to be a precursor to highly active methanol-synthesis and superior LTS catalysts. Our findings highlight the value of advanced synthesis methods in accessing unusual mineral phases, and show that there is room for exploring improvements to established industrial catalysts.	Feb 2016

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Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst