@article {Ahn:October 2008:0922-6168:793,
	author = "Ahn, Sung-Hwan",
	author = "Kim, Song-Hyoung",
	author = "Hahm, Hyun-Sik",
	title = "Direct synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas over metal-pillared ilerites",
	journal = "Research on Chemical Intermediates",
	volume = "34",
	year = "October 2008",
	abstract = "The capability of metal (Cu, Zn)-pillared ilerites and metal oxide (CuO, ZnO)-impregnated metal-pillared ilerites for direct synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from synthesis gas was explored. The metal-pillared ilerites were synthesized and characterized by XRD, BET, ICP-AES and SEM. The reaction was carried out in a fixed bed reactor with the prepared catalysts at different temperatures (200, 250, 300&#176;C), 20 bar and H<SUB>2</SUB>/CO ratio of 2. For CuO/Zn-ilerite catalyst, CO conversion was about 62% and selectivity to DME was about 89% at 250&#176;C.",
	pages = "793-801(9)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/vsp/rci/2008/00000034/F0020008/art00019"
	doi = "doi:10.1163/156856708786189320"
}