Methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production over NiTiO3 nanocatalyst with hierarchical porous structure

Steam reforming for hydrogen production is one of the important research directions for clean energy. NiTiO3 catalysts with a hierarchical porous structure are prepared and applied to methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production. The results show that the optimum catalyst (10% Ni-Ti-Ox) not only has a hierarchical porous structure, but it also involves the coexistence of NiTiO3, anatase TiO2 and rutile TiO2. The formation of NiTiO3 is beneficial to the adsorption and activation of methanol molecules on the surface of the Ni-Ti-Ox catalyst, and the main intermediate species of the methanol molecular reaction are hydroxyl groups, methoxy species and formic acid species. Furthermore, the methanol steam reforming reaction is mainly dominated by methanol decomposition at low temperature (350-500 °C), while it is mainly dominated by methanol and water molecular reactions at high temperature (500-600 °C).

Toluene Steam Reforming over Ni/CeZrO2—The Influence of Steam to Carbon Ratio and Contact Time on the Catalyst Performance and Carbon Deposition

The formation of tars during coal or biomass gasification is a serious issue resulting in decreasing efficiency of the process and increased maintenance costs. The decomposition of tars can be conducted via catalytic steam reforming that enriches the produced gas in hydrogen. Nevertheless, the catalyst should be characterized by high activity, stability, and resistance towards carbon deposition. Ceria-zirconia supported nickel (Ni/CeZrO2) is a very good candidate to catalyze tar removal—Ni is an active phase for reforming reactions, while CeZrO2 provides the active sites that play important roles in protecting the catalyst from carbon deposition. Ni/CeZrO2 shows high activity in the steam reforming of model tar compounds. In this paper, its performance in the steam reforming of toluene and carbon deposition is discussed considering the changing parameters of the reaction: the temperature, steam to carbon ratio, and the contact time.

Sewage-free preparation of 2D metal oxides by a rapid freezing soft template method for extraordinarily activating solar-driven humidity VOC combustion

2D Co₃O₄ can be synthesized without producing sewage, which shows a nearly 100% ambient sunlight irradiated combustion efficiency for formaldehyde, CH₄, acetone, CO, as it assisted by spectrally selective coating.