Journal
MOLECULAR CATALYSIS
Volume 515, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111911
Keywords
CO2 methanation; CO2 hydrogenation; Ru/CeO2; DRIFTS; CO2 valorisation
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- Generalitat Valenciana [PROMETEO/2018/0765]
- MICINN [PID2019-105960RB-C22]
- Junta de Andalucia [P18-RTJ-2974]
- European Union [713567]
- Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre [12/RC/2278_P2]
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The study examined the effect of Ru loading on CeO2 supports for the CO2 methanation reaction, finding that 2.5 wt.% Ru loading showed optimal performance with respect to both the interaction between Ru and ceria and the efficiency of CO2 conversion. The catalyst comprises a balance between surface carbon group formation and further hydrogenation at this loading.
The conversion of CO2 towards added valuable products is considered as a potential alternative to achieve the increase of the petrochemical industry while reducing the CO2 emissions. In the present work, the effect of Ru loading on CeO2 supports has been studied for the CO2 methanation reaction, and catalysts with different Ru loading in the 1-5 wt. % range have been prepared, characterized, and tested. The optimum Ru loading has been found to be 2.5 wt. %. Ruthenium cations are reduced at the lowest temperature for this optimum loading according to H-2-TPR experiments (even at room temperature), and the highest proportion of ruthenium cations with strong interaction with ceria is achieved, as deduced from XPS. XRD characterization suggests partial insertion of ruthenium cations into the ceria lattice. In situ DRIFTS experiments evidenced that the balance between formation upon CO2 chemisorption and further hydrogenation of surface carbon intermediates is optimum for 2.5 wt. % Ru/CeO2. For low metal contents, the CO2 chemisorption is limited and no relevant, while as the metal content is increased, the hydrogenation of carbon species is less favourable. The 2.5 wt.% Ru/CeO2 catalyst comprises a balance between surface carbon groups formation and further hydrogenation.
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