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Pei Yu1,2, Jianping Guo1, Lin Liu1
1Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, PR China.
Abstract:
Ammonia has high gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen densities and is, therefore, considered a promising carrier for the production of COx -free molecular H2 for forthcoming energy systems. Alkaline earth metals are generally regarded as structural promoters of catalysts and employed in numerous catalytic processes. Here, we report that calcium imide (CaNH) has a strong synergistic effect on Mn6 N5 in catalyzing the decomposition of NH3 , leading to a ca. 40 % drop in apparent activation energy. At 773 K, the H2 formation rate over a Mn6 N5 -11CaNH composite catalyst is about an order of magnitude higher than that of Mn6 N5 and comparable to the highly active Ni/SBA-15 and Ru/Al2 O3 catalysts. Analysis by means of temperature-programmed decomposition (TPD), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) reveal that CaNH participates in the catalysis via forming a [Ca6 MnN5 ]-like intermediate, thus altering the reaction pathway and energetics. A two-step catalytic cycle, accounting for the synergy between CaNH and Mn6 N5 , is proposed.
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