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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 42, Issue 47, Pages 28254-28265Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.030
Keywords
H-2 production; Steam-methane reforming; Ni catalyst; CaZrO3; Perovskite oxide; Oxygen vacancy
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- Prince of Songkla University [SCI560410S, SCI580165S]
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Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalysts containing CaZrO3 nanoparticles as a promoter were prepared by sequential impregnation for H-2 production from steam-methane reforming. The effects of different loadings of CaZrO3 nanoparticles from 0 to 15 wt% on the catalytic performance of Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalysts in steam-methane reforming were studied. The Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalysts containing 15 wt% CaZrO3 nanoparticles provided the highest H-2 yield due to facilitative steps of enormous steam adsorption-dissociation at the sites of oxygen vacancies on the surface of CaZrO3 nanoparticles. The existence of facilitative steps created additional H+ and OH- enhancing both H2 yield and the gasification of deposited carbon, respectively. The tests of steam-methane reforming at low S/C ratio of 1/3 for 97 h revealed that the catalytic performance of CaZrO3-modified Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalysts was higher than that of the unmodified Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalyst. Interestingly, at high S/C ratio of 3 excessive steam adsorption at the oxygen vacancies on CaZrO3 nanoparticles resulted in highly competitive adsorption between steam and methane decreasing CH4 dissociation. The results suggested that in the steam-methane reforming, optimum S/C ratios for the CaZrO3-modified Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalysts were relatively lower than those for the unmodified Ni/alpha-Al2O3 catalyst due to excellent steam adsorption-dissociation capability for CaZrO3 nanoparticles. (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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