Zinc oxide (ZnO), with the unique chemical and physical properties of high chemical stability, broad radiation absorption range, high electrochemical coupling coefficient, and high photo-stability, is an attractive multifunctional material which has promoted great interest in many fields. What is more, its properties can be tuned by controllable synthesized morphologies. Therefore, after the su...

In this study we developed LaNixAl1-xO3 perovskite systems using a sol-gelmethod (with propionic acid as solvent) to use in methane-reforming reactions for producing synthesis gas. To understand the roles of the nature of the precursor and calcination conditions on the formation of LaNixAl1-xO3, we carried out identifications using NMR, FT-IR, XRD, SEM, and TEM. The precursor struc...

Exploiting the greenhouse gas CO2 as raw material could be more advantageous than its long-term storage. For instance, CO2 can be used on large scale for the production of COrich syngas with a H2/CO ratio of unity. Such a syngas can be used for the synthesis of commodity chemicals like aldehydes and ketones obtained through carbonylation of alkenes in hydroformulation and can be produced by CO2...

PdZn catalysts have been proven to be a viable option to replace current Cu catalysts for methanol steam reforming. The change in selectivity to CO2 that makes this a possibility has been attributed to the formation of tetragonal β1-PdZn at treatment temperatures of 500 o C. Through the course of studying the phase evolution of the 1:1 PdZn, it was seen that an intermediate Pd2Zn phase formed a...

Despite many recent attempts to unravel the structure of novel PdZn alloys, promising catalysts in methanol steam reforming, a detailed study on the formation of Pd-Zn alloy particles and of their structural and thermal stability is still missing. We take advantage of the unique properties of epitaxially grown Pd particles embedded in layers of amorphous ZnO and mechanically stabilized by SiO2,...

In the present study the oxidation state and the surface composition of a ternary PtRuCo catalyst were investigated under methanol steam reforming (SRM) and water gas shift (WGS) reaction conditions at 570 K. Ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APPES) was applied in situ at 0.5 mbar, while simultaneously monitoring the catalytic activity of the sample by on-line mass spectrometry...

A rigorous two-dimensional model is developed for simulating the operation of a less-investigated type steam reformer having a considerably lower operating Reynolds number, higher tube diameter, and non-availability of extra steam in the feed compared with conventional steam reformers. Simulation results show that reasonable predictions can only be achieved when certain correlations for wall to...

Methanol steam reforming is a promising reaction in terms of hydrogen production for use in PEM fuel cells. Catalyst research has focused mainly on Cu/ZnO formulations, because of their superior selectivity to CO2 and H2. The common byproduct CO is problematic due to its poisoning effect on the anode of a downstream fuel cell. Some years ago it was shown that palladium supported on certain redu...

Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) can convert methanol and other oxygenated hydrocarbons to hydrogen carbon dioxide at lower temperatures when compared with the corresponding gas phase process. APR favours water-gas shift (WGS) reaction inhibits alkane formation; moreover, it is a simpler more energy efficient process gas-phase steam reforming. For example, Pt-based catalysts supported on al...