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- Title
Catalyst Deactivation by Carbon Deposition: The Remarkable Case of Nickel Confined by Atomic Layer Deposition.
- Authors
Afzal, Shaik; Prakash, Anuj; Littlewood, Patrick; Choudhury, Hanif; Khan Ghouri, Zafar; Mansour, Said; Wang, Dingdi; Marks, Tobin; Weitz, Eric; Stair, Peter; Elbashir, Nimir
- Abstract
In hydrocarbon reforming processes, coke formation on the catalyst usually reduces reaction rates. We show that when subjected to thermal treatment, a commercial nickel catalyst, overcoated with alumina, ALD exhibited both higher activity per g Ni and higher carbon formation rates than an uncoated catalyst. During the temperature‐programmed reaction in a CH4+CO2 atmosphere, the uncoated catalyst deactivated rapidly from carbon buildup, but the overcoated catalyst displayed an increase in catalytic activity per g Ni, despite generating two times the surface carbon. The unexpected phenomenon was investigated via TEM/EDS, TGA/DSC, SEM, XRD and Raman spectroscopy. We hypothesize that this may be due to (a) formation of a thicker than expected 'quasi‐ALD' overcoat of amorphous alumina, (b) crystallization of ALD overcoat into nanofibers that act as secondary supports for migrating Ni, and (c) the ability of ALD overcoat to isolate carbon as carbon nano‐onions (CNOs).
- Subjects
CATALYSTS; ATOMIC layer deposition; CATALYST poisoning; NICKEL catalysts; NICKEL; CARBON; CATALYTIC activity
- Publication
ChemCatChem, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 13, p2988
- ISSN
1867-3880
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cctc.202100109