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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 45, Issue 35, Pages 17299-17310Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.141
Keywords
Catalytic methane decomposition; Hydrogen; Carbon nanomaterials; Nickel catalyst; Hydrotalcite-like compounds
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21576052]
- Program of New Century Excellent Talents in University of Fujian Province, China
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A series of Ni catalysts were prepared from Ni-Al hydrotalcite-like compounds (HTlcs) by varying the Ni/Al molar ratio (1-4) and calcination temperature (773-1173 K) of HTlcs. The catalysts were reduced with H-2 at 1073 K and tested for CH4 decomposition at 773-923 K on a thermal gravimeter. Various techniques including N-2 physical adsorption, XRD, H-2-TPR, XPS, HAADF-STEM, TEM, and Raman were applied to characterize the catalysts and the as-produced carbon. The characterizations show that calcination of Ni-Al HTlcs leads to Ni(Al)O solid solution and minor NiO and/or NiAl2O4 spinel may be formed depending on the Ni/Al ratio and calcination temperature; upon reduction at 1073 K, most nickel species are reduced to metallic Ni. In CH4 decomposition, carbon yield shows a volcano-type dependence on the Ni content with the optimum Ni/Al ratio equal to 3. On the otherhand, carbon yield is affected by the calcination temperature of the Ni3Al HTlcs to a small extent. Carbon yield is also significantly affected by the reaction temperature, which decreases remarkably with a rise of temperature to 923 K. TEM and Raman indicate that fish-bone carbon nanofibers are formed at 773-823 K, whereas multi-walled carbon nanotubes are formed at 873-923 K. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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