Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Konosuke Hagihara

Michiaki Umeno

The object of the present invention is to provide a new catalyst for steam reforming of methanol which can provide both sufficient catalyst activity and durability and additionally an efficient method for producing hydrogen with the catalyst, and for that purpose there is provided a catalyst for steam reforming of methanol, characterized by comprising copper and zinc, and palladium and/or platinum, and in that an atomic ratio of copper to palladium and/or platinum is 0.5 to 10 and an atomic ratio of zinc to copper is 0.1 to 10, and a method for producing hydrogen, characterized in that methanol is subjected to steam reforming in the presence of the catalyst.

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Chiba, Japan

Konosuke Hagihara