Ammonia decomposition over 3D-printed CeO2 structures loaded with Ni

Binder-free ceria pastes have been formulated and used to prepare ceria structures with a woodpile arrangement of microchannels through 3D printing. After loading them with nickel, these catalytic structures have been tested for ammonia decomposition to obtain hydrogen, and their performance has bee...

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Autores: Lucentini, Ilaria|||0000-0003-1311-9062, Serrano Carreño, M. Isabel|||0000-0002-4996-9280, Soler Turu, Lluís|||0000-0003-1591-3366, Jiménez Divins, Nuria|||0000-0001-6010-5419, Llorca Piqué, Jordi|||0000-0002-7447-9582
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/187816
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/187816
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117382
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Three-dimensional printing
Nickel catalysts
Spectrum analysis
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Ceria-based catalysts
Nickel-ceria
Ammonia decomposition
Impressió 3D
Catalitzadors de níquel
Anàlisi espectral
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:Binder-free ceria pastes have been formulated and used to prepare ceria structures with a woodpile arrangement of microchannels through 3D printing. After loading them with nickel, these catalytic structures have been tested for ammonia decomposition to obtain hydrogen, and their performance has been compared with those of conventional Ni/CeO2 powder catalysts and with that of a conventional cordierite honeycomb washcoated with Ni/CeO2. Samples have been characterized by N2 physisorption, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy. At the same reaction temperature and flow rate to catalyst weight ratio (F/W), the 3D-printed ceria structures show a catalytic activity much higher than that of the cordierite honeycomb on a reactor volume basis. Additive manufacturing represents a valuable tool to prepare customized ceria-based catalytic structures for practical application with a variety of geometries not attainable with conventional methods.