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Enhanced methane decomposition over transition metal-based tri-metallic catalysts for the production of COx free hydrogen

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2022.100393

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Catalytic methane decomposition; Multi-metallic catalyst; Hydrogen production; Alumina; Carbon nanotubes

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  1. Deanship of Scientific Research, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia [R.G.P1/161/42]

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In this study, COx-free hydrogen production via methane decomposition was investigated over Cu-Zn-promoted trimetallic Ni-Co-Al catalysts. The study revealed that the promotional effects of Cu-Zn interaction were crucial to the catalysts' activity and stability. The controlled synthesis resulted in catalysts with a high surface area, and Ni-Co-Cu-Zn-Al exhibited the highest activity and productivity.
In this study, COx-free hydrogen production via methane decomposition was studied over Cu-Zn-promoted trimetallic Ni-Co-Al catalysts. The catalysts have been prepared by the constant pH co-precipitation method, and the nominal Ni metal loading was fixed at 50 wt % along with other metals at 10 wt% each. The catalyst activity for methane decomposition reaction was examined in a reactor between 400 ? and 700 ? and at atmospheric pressure. Different techniques such as N-2--physisorption, X-ray diffraction, H-2-TPR SEM, TEM, ICP-MS, TGA, and Raman spectroscopy were applied to characterize the catalysts. The relation between the catalyst composition and their catalytic activity has been investigated. The controlled synthesis has resulted in a series of catalysts with a high surface area. Ni-Co-Cu-Zn-Al was the most active and productive catalyst. Various characterizations indicate that the promotional effects of Cu-Zn interaction were the critical factor in catalysts' activity and stability. Ni-Co-Cu-Zn catalyst gave the highest methane conversion of 85% at 700 C. Zn addition improves the stability of the catalyst by retaining the active metal size during the decomposition reaction. The catalyst was active for 80 h of stability study. The rapid deactivation of the Ni-Co catalyst was due to the sintering of the catalyst at 650 ?. Moreover, carbon species accumulated during the methane decomposition reaction depend on the catalysts' composition. Zn promotes the growth of reasonably long and thin carbon nanotubes, whereas the diameter of carbon nanotubes on unpromoted catalysts was large.

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