Intuitive study on the effect of support morphology over Cs-Ru/CeO2 catalyst for microwave-initiated ammonia synthesis

Alazar Araia; Yuxin Wang; Changle Jiang; Sean Brown; Ashley Caiola; Brandon Robinson; Jianli Hu

Catalysis Communications (Dec 2022)

Intuitive study on the effect of support morphology over Cs-Ru/CeO2 catalyst for microwave-initiated ammonia synthesis

Alazar Araia,
Yuxin Wang,
Changle Jiang,
Sean Brown,
Ashley Caiola,
Brandon Robinson,
Jianli Hu

Affiliations

Alazar Araia: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Yuxin Wang: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Changle Jiang: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Sean Brown: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Ashley Caiola: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Brandon Robinson: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Jianli Hu: Corresponding author.; Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 172
p. 106551

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Microwave-initiated ammonia synthesis is a potential candidate to the current Haber-Bosch process that can operate from stranded renewable energy source. Our previous studies indicated Cs-Ru/CeO2 is a promising catalyst for microwave-assisted ammonia synthesis and the morphology of CeO2 significantly affects the catalytic performance. In this paper, CeO2 support with distinct morphologies nanorod, nanoparticle, and microstructure, is studied comprehensively at ambient pressure and low temperature under microwave irradiation. Moreover, CeO2 nanorods of various sizes were synthesized at different timing (24, 36, and 48 h). Nanorods synthesized at 36 h exhibited superior activity associated to high dispersion and small Ru particle size.

Published in Catalysis Communications

ISSN: 1566-7367 (Print); 1873-3905 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/catalysis-communications

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