Methane dry reforming over ceria-zirconia supported Ni catalysts
By Astrid Wolfbeisser, Onsulang Sophiphun, J. Bernardi, J. Wittayakun, K. Föttinger, G. Rupprechter. 2016
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Abstract Nickel nanoparticles supported on Ce 1-x Zr x O 2 mixed oxides prepared by different synthesis methods, as well as Ni-ZrO 2 and Ni-CeO 2 , were evaluated for their catalytic performance in methane dry reforming (MDR). MDR is an interesting model reaction to evaluate the reactivity and surface chemistry of mixed oxides. Textural and structural properties were studied by N 2 adsorption and XRD. Mixed oxide preparation by co-precipitation resulted in catalysts with higher surface area than that of pure ZrO 2 or CeO 2 . XRD analysis showed the formation of different Ce 1-x Zr x O 2 solid solutions depending on using a surfactant or not. The catalyst prepared by surfactant assisted co-precipitation was not active for methane dry reforming most likely because of the encapsulation of Ni particles by ceria-zirconia particles, as revealed by TEM and H 2 chemisorption. The catalytic activity of the catalyst prepared by co-precipitation without surfactant was comparable to Ni-ZrO 2 . Clearly, catalyst activity strongly depends on preparation and on the resulting phase composition rather than on nominal composition. Compared to Ni-ZrO 2 the ceria-zirconia supported Ni catalyst did not achieve higher activity or stability for methane dry reforming but, nevertheless, the formation of filamentous carbon was strongly reduced (100 times less carbonaceous species). Consequently, using ceria-zirconia as a support material decreases the risk of reactor tube blocking.
Subfields: Catalysis, Materials Chemistry
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- Hydroxyapatite supported bimetallic cobalt and nickel catalysts for syngas production from dry reforming of methane (2018, background): “core-shell carbon, amorphous carbon) leading to the embedding of metals particles and so the catalytic deactivation during DRM reaction [25,55,56], was rarely observed.”