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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 197, Issue 2, Pages 191-200Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-860X(99)00487-1
Keywords
methane; carbon dioxide; reforming; sol-gel; aerogel; nickel; alumina; metal particle size; deactivation; filamentous carbon
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CO2 reforming of CH4 was carried out over Ni-alumina aerogel catalysts prepared with various Ni loadings. The preparation of alumina supported Ni catalysts via sol-gel synthesis and subsequent supercritical drying led to the formation of very small metal particles, which are evenly distributed over the alumina support. The activity of the aerogel catalysts increased along with increasing metal loading, and eventually, the SAA25 (0.25 in Ni/Al mole ratio) catalyst exhibited the high activity comparable to that of a 5 wt.% Ru/alumina catalyst (ESCAT44, Engelhard). Compared to the alumina-supported Ni catalyst prepared by conventional impregnation method, Ni-alumina aerogel catalysts showed a remarkably low coking rate due to highly dispersed metal particles. From TEM micrograph studies, it was observed that the formation of filamentous carbon was significantly influenced by the metal particle size and proceeded mostly over the metal particles larger than 7 nm. The loss of catalytic activity at 973 K was mainly caused by coke deposition and sintering. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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