Dry reforming of methane over gallium-based supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions.

Autor: Wolf, Moritz, de Oliveira, Ana Luiza, Taccardi, Nicola, Maisel, Sven, Heller, Martina, Khan Antara, Sharmin, Søgaard, Alexander, Felfer, Peter, Görling, Andreas, Haumann, Marco, Wasserscheid, Peter
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Zdroj: Communications Chemistry; 10/18/2023, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p
Abstrakt: Gallium-rich supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions (SCALMS) were recently introduced as a new way towards heterogeneous single atom catalysis. SCALMS were demonstrated to exhibit a certain resistance against coking during the dehydrogenation of alkanes using Ga-rich alloys of noble metals. Here, the conceptual catalytic application of SCALMS in dry reforming of methane (DRM) is tested with non-noble metal (Co, Cu, Fe, Ni) atoms in the gallium-rich liquid alloy. This study introduces SCALMS to high-temperature applications and an oxidative reaction environment. Most catalysts were shown to undergo severe oxidation during DRM, while Ga-Ni SCALMS retained a certain level of activity. This observation is explained by a kinetically controlled redox process, namely oxidation to gallium oxide species and re-reduction via H2 activation over Ni. Consequentially, this redox process can be shifted to the metallic side when using increasing concentrations of Ni in Ga, which strongly suppresses coke formation. Density-functional theory (DFT) based ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations were performed to confirm the increased availability of Ni at the liquid alloy-gas interface. However, leaching of gallium via the formation of volatile oxidic species during the hypothesised redox cycles was identified indicating a critical instability of Ga-Ni SCALMS for prolonged test durations. Dry reforming of methane (DRM) is a promising method for sustainable valorisation of methane and carbon dioxide, but its application is hampered by sintering of the active catalytic phase and coke formation. Here, the authors study DRM with non-noble metal atoms in supported gallium-rich liquid alloys which suppress both catalyst sintering and coke formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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