Size structure-catalytic performance correlation of supported Ni/MCF-17 catalysts for COx-free hydrogen production

作者：Li, Yanping; Wen, Jie; Ali, Arshid M.; Duan, Ming; Zhu, Wei; Zhang, Hui^*; Chen, Chen; Li, Yadong

来源：Chemical communications, 2018, 54(49): 6364-6367.

DOI：10.1039/c8cc01884g

• FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
• AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION
• NH3 DECOMPOSITION
• RUTHENIUM NANOPARTICLES
• PARTICLE-SIZE
• SELECTIVE OXIDATION
• MESOPOROUS SOLIDS
• COBALT CATALYSTS
• RU CATALYSTS
• NI CATALYSTS

Herein, supported Ni/MCF-17 catalysts with the size of nickel nanocrystal in the range of 1.5-8.0 nm were synthesized and employed for COx-free hydrogen production for fuel cells via the ammonia decomposition reaction. Characterized by a variety of techniques, the results show that nickel particles are in a highly dispersed state with a uniform particle size for each catalyst. Furthermore, the influence of particle size on the catalytic performance has been investigated. It was later revealed that Ni nanoparticles with different particle sizes exhibited significant differences in catalyzing the COx-free hydrogen production reaction. Moreover, the catalyst with the Ni nanoparticle size around 3.0 nm exhibited highest catalytic activity at each reaction temperature; this could be explained by the presence of high B-5 active sites on the Ni-based catalyst surface.

• 出版日期2018-6-21
• 单位西南石油大学; 清华大学