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Synergy of macro-meso bimodal pore and Ni-Co alloy for enhanced stability in dry reforming of methane

Journal

FUEL
Volume 310, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122375

Keywords

Dry reforming of methane; Cobalt; Nickel; Alloy catalyst; Bimodal pore structure

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21766027]
  2. Ningxia Natural Science Foundation [2020AAC03023]
  3. Ningxia Key RD plan [2021BEE03012]
  4. State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering [2019-KF-11]

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In this study, a bimodal pore structure Ni-Co catalyst was prepared and applied for dry reforming of methane (DRM). The NC0.5-M100-MA catalyst exhibited the best catalytic performance at 700 degrees Celsius, with improved stability due to the synergistic effect of Ni-Co alloy and macro-meso bimodal pore structure.
Dry reforming of methane (DRM) is an ideal reaction to chemically utilize two important greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, but the serious carbon deposition often makes the catalysts deactivated, which limits its industrialized application of DRM. To improve the catalytic performance and stability of the catalyst, a bimodal pore structure Ni-Co catalyst was prepared and applied for DRM in this work. The fresh and spent samples were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, TPR, TPH, Raman spectra and N-2 adsorption-desorption. The results indicated that Ni-Co alloy phases and bimodal meso-macroporous structure were formed in catalysts. The effect of Co/Ni and bimodal structure on catalytic activity and carbon deposition resistance were investigated at 700 degrees C, W/F = 1 g.h/mol. Results show that the catalyst with bimodal pore structure of cobalt and nickel ratio of 0.5 (NC0.5-M100-MA) exhibited the best catalytic performance after 100 h reaction, the conversion of CH4 and CO2 are 73.1% and 81.6%, respectively, 4.5% and 4.7% higher than that of the Ni-M100-MA, respectively. The amount of carbon deposits has a small increased compared to that of Ni-M100-MA, but it's stable in whole reaction since most of the carbon deposits are amorphous carbon, which is easy to eliminate. The stability is mainly contributed to the synergy effect of Ni-Co alloy and macro-meso bimodal pore structure, which helps suppress the conversion of amorphous carbon into coke.

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