Journal
FUEL
Volume 299, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.120884
Keywords
Methane decomposition; Hydrogen production; Catalyst stability; Molecular simulation
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China [2018XKQYMS25]
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This study improves catalyst stability by adding a trace amount of H2S in direct methane decomposition, leading to increased methane conversion and delayed deactivation time. H2S changes the carbon deposition morphology of the catalyst, promoting methane molecule adsorption on the catalyst surface.
Direct methane decomposition for hydrogen production is considered a clean technology with limited CO2 emission. However, catalysts usually suffer from deactivation due to carbon deposition. This study reported a method of improving the catalyst stability by using a trace amount of H2S which naturally exists in natural gas, and the action mechanism of H2S was discussed. Coconut shell activated carbon (AC) was used as the catalyst, the pure methane was mixed with 100, 200, and 300 ppm H2S and decomposed at high temperature. Results show that adding different concentrations of H2S can increase the methane conversion and delay the deactivation time of the AC catalyst. Through scanning electron microscopy characterization and Brunauer-Emmet-Teller analysis, it was found that the positive effect of H2S is achieved by changing the carbon deposition morphology which in turn changes the AC pore width distribution and the specific surface area. Under the action of H2S, AC has a relatively large number of micropores during the reaction, promoting the adsorption of methane molecules on AC. First-principles calculations show that H2S changes the reaction pathway of methane dehydrogenation and promotes methane decomposition.
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