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Quo Vadis Dry Reforming of Methane?—A Review on Its Chemical, Environmental, and Industrial Prospects. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12050465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
In recent years, the catalytic dry reforming of methane (DRM) has increasingly come into academic focus. The interesting aspect of this reaction is seemingly the conversion of CO2 and methane, two greenhouse gases, into a valuable synthesis gas (syngas) mixture with an otherwise unachievable but industrially relevant H2/CO ratio of one. In a possible scenario, the chemical conversion of CO2 and CH4 to syngas could be used in consecutive reactions to produce synthetic fuels, with combustion to harness the stored energy. Although the educts of DRM suggest a superior impact of this reaction to mitigate global warming, its potential as a chemical energy converter and greenhouse gas absorber has still to be elucidated. In this review article, we will provide insights into the industrial maturity of this reaction and critically discuss its applicability as a cornerstone in the energy transition. We derive these insights from assessing the current state of research and knowledge on DRM. We conclude that the entire industrial process of syngas production from two greenhouse gases, including heating with current technologies, releases at least 1.23 moles of CO2 per mol of CO2 converted in the catalytic reaction. Furthermore, we show that synthetic fuels derived from this reaction exhibit a negative carbon dioxide capturing efficiency which is similar to burning methane directly in the air. We also outline potential applications and introduce prospective technologies toward a net-zero CO2 strategy based on DRM.
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Torrez-Herrera JJ, Korili SA, Gil A. Recent progress in the application of Ni-based catalysts for the dry reforming of methane. CATALYSIS REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2021.2006891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- J. J. Torrez-Herrera
- INAMAT^2-Departamento de Ciencias, Edificio de los Acebos, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- INAMAT^2-Departamento de Ciencias, Edificio de los Acebos, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- INAMAT^2-Departamento de Ciencias, Edificio de los Acebos, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Franz R, Pinto D, Uslamin EA, Urakawa A, Pidko EA. Impact of Promoter Addition on the Regeneration of Ni/Al
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Dry Reforming Catalysts. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Robert Franz
- Inorganic Systems Engineering Group Chemical Engineering Department Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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- Catalysis Engineering Chemical Engineering Department Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Systems Engineering Group Chemical Engineering Department Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
- TsyfroCatLab Group University of Tyumen Volodarskogo St.6 625003 Tyumen Russia
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- Catalysis Engineering Chemical Engineering Department Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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- Inorganic Systems Engineering Group Chemical Engineering Department Delft University of Technology Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands
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Kurlov A, Deeva EB, Abdala PM, Lebedev D, Tsoukalou A, Comas-Vives A, Fedorov A, Müller CR. Exploiting two-dimensional morphology of molybdenum oxycarbide to enable efficient catalytic dry reforming of methane. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4920. [PMID: 33009379 PMCID: PMC7532431 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18721-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The two-dimensional morphology of molybdenum oxycarbide (2D-Mo2COx) nanosheets dispersed on silica is found vital for imparting high stability and catalytic activity in the dry reforming of methane. Here we report that owing to the maximized metal utilization, the specific activity of 2D-Mo2COx/SiO2 exceeds that of other Mo2C catalysts by ca. 3 orders of magnitude. 2D-Mo2COx is activated by CO2, yielding a surface oxygen coverage that is optimal for its catalytic performance and a Mo oxidation state of ca. +4. According to ab initio calculations, the DRM proceeds on Mo sites of the oxycarbide nanosheet with an oxygen coverage of 0.67 monolayer. Methane activation is the rate-limiting step, while the activation of CO2 and the C-O coupling to form CO are low energy steps. The deactivation of 2D-Mo2COx/SiO2 under DRM conditions can be avoided by tuning the contact time, thereby preventing unfavourable oxygen surface coverages.
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- Alexey Kurlov
- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, CH 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse 21, CH 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Chen S, Zhang J, Song F, Zhang Q, Yang G, Zhang M, Wang X, Xie H, Tan Y. Induced high selectivity methanol formation during CO2 hydrogenation over a CuBr2-modified CuZnZr catalyst. J Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Song Y, Ozdemir E, Ramesh S, Adishev A, Subramanian S, Harale A, Albuali M, Fadhel BA, Jamal A, Moon D, Choi SH, Yavuz CT. Dry reforming of methane by stable Ni-Mo nanocatalysts on single-crystalline MgO. Science 2020; 367:777-781. [PMID: 32054760 DOI: 10.1126/science.aav2412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Large-scale carbon fixation requires high-volume chemicals production from carbon dioxide. Dry reforming of methane could provide an economically feasible route if coke- and sintering-resistant catalysts were developed. Here, we report a molybdenum-doped nickel nanocatalyst that is stabilized at the edges of a single-crystalline magnesium oxide (MgO) support and show quantitative production of synthesis gas from dry reforming of methane. The catalyst runs more than 850 hours of continuous operation under 60 liters per unit mass of catalyst per hour reactive gas flow with no detectable coking. Synchrotron studies also show no sintering and reveal that during activation, 2.9 nanometers as synthesized crystallites move to combine into stable 17-nanometer grains at the edges of MgO crystals above the Tammann temperature. Our findings enable an industrially and economically viable path for carbon reclamation, and the "Nanocatalysts On Single Crystal Edges" technique could lead to stable catalyst designs for many challenging reactions.
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- Youngdong Song
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- Graduate School of EEWS, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141 Korea.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, 41400 Turkey
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- Research and Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 Saudi Arabia
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- Research and Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 Saudi Arabia.,Saudi-Aramco-KAIST CO2 Management Center, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- Research and Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, 31311 Saudi Arabia.,Saudi-Aramco-KAIST CO2 Management Center, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang, 37673 Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141 Korea. .,Graduate School of EEWS, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141 Korea.,Saudi-Aramco-KAIST CO2 Management Center, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141 Korea.,Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon, 34141 Korea
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Wittich K, Krämer M, Bottke N, Schunk SA. Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane: Insights from Model Systems. ChemCatChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201902142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Knut Wittich
- hte GmbH Kurpfalzring 104 Heidelberg 69123 Germany
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- BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 Ludwigshafen am Rhein 67056 Germany
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- BASF SE Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38 Ludwigshafen am Rhein 67056 Germany
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Pino L, Italiano C, Laganà M, Vita A, Recupero V. Kinetic study of the methane dry (CO 2) reforming reaction over the Ce 0.70La 0.20Ni 0.10O 2−δ catalyst. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy02192b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The kinetic behaviour of the Ce0.70La0.20Ni0.10O2−δ catalyst during the methane dry reforming reaction was investigated in a fixed bed reactor in the temperature range of 923–1023 K with the partial pressure of CH4 and CO2 ranging between 5 and 50 kPa.
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- Lidia Pino
- CNR Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia “Nicola Giordano”
- 98126 Messina
- Italy
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- CNR Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia “Nicola Giordano”
- 98126 Messina
- Italy
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- CNR Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia “Nicola Giordano”
- 98126 Messina
- Italy
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- CNR Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia “Nicola Giordano”
- 98126 Messina
- Italy
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- CNR Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia “Nicola Giordano”
- 98126 Messina
- Italy
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Franz R, Kühlewind T, Shterk G, Abou-Hamad E, Parastaev A, Uslamin E, Hensen EJM, Kapteijn F, Gascon J, Pidko EA. Impact of small promoter amounts on coke structure in dry reforming of methane over Ni/ZrO 2. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy00817f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Choosing the correct alkali metal as a promoter not only reduces coke formation in dry reforming of methane but also removes coke via gasification.
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Gili A, Schlicker L, Bekheet MF, Görke O, Penner S, Grünbacher M, Götsch T, Littlewood P, Marks TJ, Stair PC, Schomäcker R, Doran A, Selve S, Simon U, Gurlo A. Surface Carbon as a Reactive Intermediate in Dry Reforming of Methane to Syngas on a 5% Ni/MnO Catalyst. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Albert Gili
- Fachgebiet Keramische Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und-technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und-technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und-technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und-technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52c, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Center for Catalysis and Surface Science, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Sekretariat TC 8, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Center for Electron Microscopy (ZELMI), Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und-technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgebiet Keramische Werkstoffe/Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften und-technologien, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Lam E, Larmier K, Wolf P, Tada S, Safonova OV, Copéret C. Isolated Zr Surface Sites on Silica Promote Hydrogenation of CO 2 to CH 3OH in Supported Cu Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:10530-10535. [PMID: 30028948 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Copper nanoparticles supported on zirconia (Cu/ZrO2) or related supported oxides (Cu/ZrO2/SiO2) show promising activity and selectivity for the hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH. However, the role of the support remains controversial because most spectroscopic techniques provide information dominated by the bulk, making interpretation and formulation of structure-activity relationships challenging. In order to understand the role of the support and in particular of the Zr surface species at a molecular level, a surface organometallic chemistry approach has been used to tailor a silica support containing isolated Zr(IV) surface sites, on which copper nanoparticles (∼3 nm) are generated. These supported Cu nanoparticles exhibit increased CH3OH activity and selectivity compared to those supported on SiO2, reaching catalytic performances comparable to those of the corresponding Cu/ZrO2. Ex situ and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals that the Zr sites on silica remain isolated and in their +4 oxidation state, while ex situ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and catalytic performances show that similar mechanisms are involved with the single-site support and ZrO2. These observations imply that Zr(IV) surface sites at the periphery of Cu particles are responsible for promoting CH3OH formation on Cu-Zr-based catalysts and provide a guideline to develop selective CH3OH synthesis catalysts.
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- Erwin Lam
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1-5 , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1-5 , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1-5 , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1-5 , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zurich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 1-5 , CH-8093 Zurich , Switzerland
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Margossian T, Larmier K, Kim SM, Krumeich F, Müller C, Copéret C. Supported Bimetallic NiFe Nanoparticles through Colloid Synthesis for Improved Dry Reforming Performance. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b02091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tigran Margossian
- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir
Prelog-weg 2, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir
Prelog-weg 2, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse
21, Zürich CH-8092, Zürich
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir
Prelog-weg 2, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Department
of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Leonhardstrasse
21, Zürich CH-8092, Zürich
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir
Prelog-weg 2, Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland
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