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- Title
Co-SiO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposite Catalysts for CO<sub>x</sub>-Free Hydrogen Production by Ammonia Decomposition.
- Authors
Hu, Xiu‐Cui; Wang, Wei‐Wei; Gu, Ying‐Qiu; Jin, Zhao; Song, Qi‐Sheng; Jia, Chun‐Jiang
- Abstract
High-surface-area Co-SiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized by a simple two-step procedure with activated carbon as the template. These materials catalyze the decomposition of ammonia to produce COx-free hydrogen. The fresh and used catalysts were characterized by various techniques including X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption-desorption, and transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, temperature-programmed reduction by hydrogen combined with the corresponding in situ XRD analysis was performed to investigate the redox properties of the as-prepared catalysts. The strong interaction between the cobalt species and silica can effectively prevent the active cobalt nanoparticles from agglomerating during calcination and the ammonia decomposition reaction. The ammonia reaction rate reached about 7000 mol NH3 molCo-1 h-1 with a very high GHSV of 124 000 cm3gcat-1 h-1 at 600 8C; this rate was maintained for 48h without any observable deactivation of the as-obtained Co-SiO2 nanocomposite catalyst.
- Subjects
AMMONIA; X-ray diffraction; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; OXIDATION-reduction reaction; NANOCOMPOSITE materials
- Publication
ChemPlusChem, 2017, Vol 82, Issue 3, p368
- ISSN
2192-6506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cplu.201600444