摘要

We synthesized and tested nano-scale lanthanide oxysulfide/oxysulfate catalysts for water-gas-shift (WGS) reaction. No existing literature has applied these nanoparticles with unique morphologies as heterogeneous catalysts in WGS. The motivation behind our endeavor is to investigate whether the unique morphologies from the synthesis approach can increase catalyst activity of lanthanide oxysulfide/oxysulfate catalysts, which are good catalysts for WGS in both sulfur-free AND sulfur-laden environments, but face the challenge of low activity in micro-scale regime. All three nanocatalysts showed significantly enhanced catalyst activity. Finally, sulfur tolerance testing with Eu2O2S demonstrated dampened, but still high CO conversion, which recovered from sulfur influence rapidly.

  • 出版日期2016-1-5