TY - JFULL AU - Umpawan Satitthai and Apanee Luengnaruemitchai and Erdogan Gulari PY - 2012/5/ TI - Effect of Gold Loading on CeO2–Fe2O3 for Oxidative Steam Reforming of Methanol T2 - International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering SP - 304 EP - 310 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9716 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 64, 2012 N2 - In this study, oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM) over a Au/CeO2–Fe2O3 catalyst prepared by a depositionprecipitation (DP) method was studied to produce hydrogen in order to feed a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC). The support (CeO2, Fe2O3, and CeO2–Fe2O3) were prepared by precipitation and co-precipitation methods. The impact of the support composition on the catalytic performance was studied by varying the Ce/(Ce+Fe) atomic ratio, it was found that the 1%Au/CF(0.25) calcined at 300 °C exhibited the highest catalytic activity in the whole temperature studied. In addition, the effect of Au content was investigated and 3%Au/CF(0.25) exhibited the highest activity under the optimum condition in the temperature range of 200 °C to 400 °C. The catalysts were characterized by various techniques: XRD, TPR, XRF, and UV-vis. ER -