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You-Soon Lim1, Dong-Ju Moon, Nam-Cook Park
1Department of Material Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Functional Nano Fine Chemicals, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Abstract:
Hydrotalcite-like catalysts were synthesized by co-precipitation and then these were promoted by the addition of noble metals, alkaline earth metals and ceria. Reaction tests were conducted using a feed of H2O/C/O2 = 3/1/0.37 at a temperature range from 300 degrees C to 700 degrees C. Catalysts were characterized by XRD, TEM, FESEM, TPR, and BET. Reaction test results confirmed an enhancement of the catalytic activity of the promotor-modified catalysts due to low carbon deposition. Among the alkaline earth metals tested, those with larger atomic number exhibited higher activity at a lower temperature range.
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