Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 146, Issue 1-2, Pages 148-153Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2009.02.023
Keywords
Perovskite; Calcination temperature; Ce-substitution; Steam reforming; Hydrogen; Methane
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea [과C6A1903] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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La1-xCexFe0.3O3 perovskite catalysts, denoted as LCFN-x (0.1 <= x <= 0.5), were prepared using a Pechini method. The effects of Ce-substitution and calcination temperature on the structure and performance of the prepared catalysts during the steam reforming of methane (SRM) were investigated. The XRD patterns of these catalysts indicated that a well-crystallized perovskite structure was formed when LFN and LCFN were calcined at temperatures higher than 500 and 600 degrees C, respectively. For the reaction system investigated in this study, the most suitable calcination temperature was 700 degrees C. The 700 degrees C-calcined catalysts, denoted as LFN-700 and LCFN-700, exhibited the highest methane conversion among catalysts of the same type, due to their relatively large surface area and small crystallite size compared with those of perovskite catalysts. The catalytic activity increased with the amounts of added Ce, up to x = 0.2-0.3, but decreased significantly when x >= 0.5. In particular, LCFN-0.2 exhibited a higher hydrogen yield and slower deactivation rates than those exhibited by a commercial catalyst at the steam/carbon ratio of 1. This result was obtained because coke deposition was retarded to a greater extent on LCFN-0.2 than on the commercial catalyst under the selected reaction conditions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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