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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 40, Issue 29, Pages 8864-8876Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.002
Keywords
CO methanation; Density functional theory; Ni-4/gamma-Al2O3; Ni3Fe/gamma-Al2O3; Hydrogen-assisted CO dissociation; Reaction mechanism
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [11304208]
- National Natural Science Funds of China (NSFC) [U1203293]
- Ph.D. Programs Foundation of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps [201388010]
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The mechanism of CO methanation reaction over Ni-4/gamma-Al2O3 and Ni3Fe/gamma-Al2O3 catalysts is systematically investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) method together with periodic slab models. Our results show that direct CO dissociation is not energetically favorable, while hydrogen assisted CO dissociation is identified as the dominating CO methanation pathway on these two catalysts. For the Ni-4/gamma-Al2O3 catalyst, the highest barrier for the conversion of CO to CH4 is 2.54 eV. Another product CH3OH greatly reduces the productivity and selectivity of CH4. For the Ni3Fe/gamma-Al2O3 catalyst, the highest barrier for the conversion of CO to CH4 is 2.14 eV, which is lower than that on Ni4/gamma-Al2O3. By comparing the reaction mechanism on these two catalysts at the molecular level, we confirm the previous experimental conclusion that the productivity and selectivity of CH4 can be improved by introducing the Fe promoter on Ni catalysts. Copyright (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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