Design and Preparation of Ni-Co Bimetallic Nanocatalyst for Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane
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Abstract
Catalyst design and preparation for an ultra stable and highly active catalyst for CO2 reforming of CH4 is presented in this work. The objective was to develop a catalyst of inexpensive and commonly available materials that is able to overcome the long standing carbon formation and thermal sintering problems. The catalyst design began with a thorough investigation of the target reaction as well as possible side reactions, followed by the fundamental stoichiometric analysis, thermodynamic analysis, surface reaction mechanism discussion, and ended up with a list of desired properties of the to-be-developed catalyst, suggested catalyst components, and proposed preparation method. Based on the outcome of the design, cheap transition metal nickel (Ni) was proposed for the active metal, a mixture of mangnisium oxide (MgO) and aluminium oxide (Al2O3) was used as support, and other transition metals close to Ni in the periodic table were chosen to modify the properties of the Ni sites. The co-precipitation preparation method was suggested so as to give rise to strong metal-support interaction (MSI) and thus, grow small metal particles in the subsequent catalyst reduction. It turned out that Ni-Co bimetallic catalyst of small metal loading in the frame of MgAlOx perfomed the best in catalyzing a stable and high throughput of syn-gas from the CO2 reforming of CH4. Characterizations indicated that the synergy of Ni and Co, strong SMI, high metal dispersion, nano-scale particle sizes, and formation of spinel-type thermal stable solid solutions structures, which are ensential to the suppression of carbon formaton and thermal sintering, are made not only with a certain composition of the catalyst but also the catalyst preparation procedures. The latter is even more important.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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