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Yuanhui Shen1,2, Chongyan Ruan1, Qian Jia1,2
1Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Abstract:
Chemical looping dry reforming of methane (CL-DRM) is a novel CO2 utilization technology, producing high-quality syngas. Herein, the perovskite oxygen carriers La(Fe0.8-xNixAl0.2)O3 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) were investigated for the CL-DRM process. Remarkably, La(Fe0.4Ni0.4Al0.2)O3 exhibited 93% CH4 conversion, 100% CO2 conversion, and 100% CO selectivity at 800 °C. Combined activity and characterization results suggest that the doping of Al promotes the nucleation of Ni and the growth of Ni-Fe nanoparticles. Owing to the redox exsolution effect during the cycles, the oxygen carriers are modified with abundant Ni-Fe catalytic sites on the surface, which exhibit excellent catalytic activity, oxygen capacity, and structural stability. In addition, the carbon cycle, which consists of methane decomposition and carbon oxidation, is catalyzed by Ni-Fe nanoparticles for enhanced CH4 and CO2 conversion during the cyclic redox process. We anticipate that the engineering of nanocatalytic sites on oxygen carriers will be conducive to obtaining target products for CL-DRM process optimization.
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