Ni-CeO2/C Catalysts with Enhanced OSC for the WGS Reaction

In this work, the WGS performance of a conventional Ni/CeO2 bulk catalyst is compared to that of a carbon-supported Ni-CeO2 catalyst. The carbon-supported sample resulted to be much more active than the bulk one. The higher activity of the Ni-CeO2/C catalyst is associated to its oxygen storage capac...

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Autores: Pastor Pérez, Laura, Ramírez Reina, Tomás, Ivanova, Svetlana, Centeno Gallego, Miguel Ángel, Odriozola Gordón, José Antonio, Sepúlveda Escribano, Antonio
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositório:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/47235
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/47235
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal5010298
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:WGS
Cerium oxide
Carbon support
OSC
Ni based catalysts
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Resumo:In this work, the WGS performance of a conventional Ni/CeO2 bulk catalyst is compared to that of a carbon-supported Ni-CeO2 catalyst. The carbon-supported sample resulted to be much more active than the bulk one. The higher activity of the Ni-CeO2/C catalyst is associated to its oxygen storage capacity, a parameter that strongly influences the WGS behavior. The stability of the carbon-supported catalyst under realistic operation conditions is also a subject of this paper. In summary, our study represents an approach towards a new generation of Ni-ceria based catalyst for the pure hydrogen production via WGS. The dispersion of ceria nanoparticles on an activated carbon support drives to improved catalytic skills with a considerable reduction of the amount of ceria in the catalyst formulation.