Energies (Jun 2023)

Methane Dry Reforming Catalysts Based on Pr-Doped Ceria–Zirconia Synthesized in Supercritical Propanol

  • Marina Arapova,
  • Ekaterina Smal,
  • Yuliya Bespalko,
  • Konstantin Valeev,
  • Valeria Fedorova,
  • Amir Hassan,
  • Olga Bulavchenko,
  • Vladislav Sadykov,
  • Mikhail Simonov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en16124729
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 12
p. 4729

Abstract

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This paper is devoted to the study of active and stable nickel catalysts for methane dry reforming based on Pr-doped ceria–zirconia obtained via the solvothermal continuous method. Studies on the physicochemical and catalytic properties of the 5%Ni/Ce0.75Zr0.25−xPrxO2 series have showed that Pr introduction leads to an increase in the amount of highly reactive oxygen in the oxide lattice. Praseodymium-based catalysts showed significantly higher reactant conversions. In addition to the nature of support, the method of nickel introduction was also studied; Ni was added both using impregnation and the one-pot procedure with mixed oxide preparation. The method of Ni addition was shown to have significant effect on the morphology of its particles and Ni-support interaction, and, respectively, on catalytic activity and coking stability. The 5%Ni/Ce0.75Zr0.15Pr0.1O2 catalyst prepared by one-pot method showed stable operation in the MDR reaction for 30 h at CO2 and CH4 conversions of ~40% and an H2 yield of ~18% (T = 700 °C, τ = 10 ms).

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