CHI-YUAN LU2026-10-162026-10-162011-05-25Pure ID: 15000483Pure UUID: 88cdf8af-a24d-4e5a-9984-63a11a987fe810.1016/j.mseb.2011.03.004https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79955609672https://scholars.csmu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/27312The purpose of this study was to prepare an activated carbon (AC)-supported copper catalyst by a simple method - the microwave polyol process - and to evaluate the effects of microwave power and protecting agent on the resulting catalyst activity. The catalysts were characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Experimental results indicated that a microwave power of 700 W was highly effective, and that copper particles (60 (±18) nm) dispersed well on the AC support, even in the absence of the protecting agent poly-vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP). The AC-supported Cu0 catalyst generated high catalytic activity for CO oxidation (90% CO conversion at 175 °C).5enjournal article