Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 200, Issue -, Pages 566-577Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.07.050
Keywords
Methane carbon dioxide reforming; Ruthenium catalyst; Layered double hydroxides; Magnesium-aluminum mixed metal oxide; Memory effect
Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21576052]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) [2015AA03A402, 2015AA050502]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2015J01050]
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Ru catalysts (2 wt%) supported on Mg and/or Al oxides including gamma-Al2O3, MgAl2O4, Mg-3(Al)O, and MgO were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation and compared for the CH4-CO2 reforming to investigate the effect of support on the Ru dispersion and catalytic performance. The catalysts before and after reaction were well characterized by using N-2 physical adsorption, ICP, SEM-EDX, XRD, H-2-TPR, TEM, CO chemisorption, FTIR of CO adsorption, XPS, CO2-TPD, TG, and Raman spectroscopy. The characterization results revealed that Ru metal was very highly dispersed on the Mg-3(Al)O mixed oxide obtained from Mg-Al layered double hydroxide, probably existing in very small nanoparticles and/or clusters. The order of Ru metal dispersion was Ru/Mg-3(Al)O > Ru/MgO > Ru/MgAl2O4 > RuN-Al2O3. The catalytic activity and stability of the Ru catalysts were greatly dependent on the support. Both Ru/MgO and Ru/Mg-3(Al)O showed higher activity than Ru/MgAl2O4 and Ruhf-Al2O3, which might be related to the strong base intensity of support and more accessible surface Ru atoms, respectively. During 30 h of reaction at 1023 K, a significant deactivation occurred on Ruky-Al2O3, Ru/MgAl2O4, and Ru/MgO, which was mainly attributed to the sintering of Ru metal particles. In contrast, the Ru/Mg-3(Al)O catalyst exhibited superior stability and no significant sintering of Ru metal was observed, suggesting that the highly dispersed Ru metal was stable. A 300 h long-term test further demonstrated the excellent stability of Ru/Mg-3(Al)O. These results highlight the significant effect of Mg(Al)O mixed oxide on the improvement of Ru dispersion and catalytic performance, and this might be related to the unique properties of Mg(Al)O mixed oxide including memory effect, low crystallinity, and its strong interaction with Ru. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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