期刊
MOLECULES
卷 27, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27020503
关键词
COx-free hydrogen; few-layer graphene nanoplatelets; catalytic decomposition of methane; graphene-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles; Ni-lignin nanocomposite
资金
- USDA Forest Service [19-JV-11111124-053, 19-JV-11111124-063, 20-JV-11111124-035]
- Wood Innovations Grant [20-DG-11094200-234]
Nickel-lignin nanocomposites were synthesized and graphitized to few-layer graphene-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles (Ni@G), which showed high catalytic activity and stability in the catalytic decomposition of methane. The cracked graphene shells and exposed nickel nanoparticles played important roles in the methane decomposition reaction, with the vacancy defects and edges of the cracked graphene shells serving as active sites.
Nickel (Ni)-lignin nanocomposites were synthesized from nickel nitrate and kraft lignin then catalytically graphitized to few-layer graphene-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles (Ni@G). Ni@G nanoparticles were used for catalytic decomposition of methane (CDM) to produce COx-free hydrogen and graphene nanoplatelets. Ni@G showed high catalytic activity for methane decomposition at temperatures of 800 to 900 degrees C and exhibited long-term stability of 600 min time-on-stream (TOS) without apparent deactivation. The catalytic stability may be attributed to the nickel dispersion in the Ni@G sample. During the CDM reaction process, graphene shells over Ni@G nanoparticles were cracked and peeled off the nickel cores at high temperature. Both the exposed nickel nanoparticles and the cracked graphene shells may participate the CDM reaction, making Ni@G samples highly active for CDM reaction. The vacancy defects and edges in the cracked graphene shells serve as the active sites for methane decomposition. The edges are continuously regenerated by methane molecules through CDM reaction.
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