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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 45, Issue 32, Pages 15752-15762Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.077
Keywords
Delafossite material; CuFeO2-CeO2 nanopowder; Hydrogen generation; Steam reforming; Methanol; Glycine nitrate process
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan [MOST 108-2221-E-027-056, 1092222-E-027-001]
- University System of Taipei Joint Research Program [USTP-NTUT-TMU-108-06]
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Hydrogen (H-2) is being considered as an alternate renewable energy carrier due to the energy crisis, climate change and global warming. In the chemical industry, hydrogen production is mainly accomplished by the steam reforming of natural gas. In the present study, CuFeO2-CeO2 nanopowder catalyst with a heterogeneous delafossite structure was prepared by the self-combustion glycine nitrate process and used for steam reforming of methanol (SRM). The precursor solution was fabricated from Cu-Fe-Ce metal-nitrate mixed with glycine and an aqueous solution. The prepared CuFeO2-CeO2 nanopowder catalyst was studied by different physical and chemical characterization techniques. The prepared CuFeO2-CeO2 nanopowder catalyst was immensely porous with a coral-like structure. The BET surface area measurement revealed that the specific surface area of as-combusted CuFeO2-CeO2 nanopowder varied from 5.6248 m(2)/g to 19.5441 m(2)/g. In addition, the production rate of CuFeO2-CeO2 was improved by adding CeO2 and adjusting the feeding rate of the methanol. The highest H-2 generation rate of the CuFeO2-CeO2 catalyst was 2582.25 (mL STP min(-1) g-cat(-1)) at a flow rate of 30 sccm at 400 degrees C. Hence, the high specific surface area of the 70CuFeO(2)-30CeO(2) nanopowder catalyst and the steam reforming process could have a very important industrial and economic impact. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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