Issue 10, 2013

Enhanced low-temperature activity of CO2 methanation over highly-dispersed Ni/TiO2 catalyst

Abstract

The sustainable development of carbon recycling has attracted considerable attention from the viewpoint of the environment and resources. Herein, Ni nanoparticles (NPs) immobilized on a TiO2 support were synthesized via a deposition–precipitation method followed by a calcination–reduction process (denoted as Ni/TiO2-DP), which can be used as a promising heterogeneous catalyst towards CO2 methanation. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images show that Ni NPs are highly dispersed on the TiO2 surface (particle size: 2.2 nm), with a low Ni–Ni coordination number revealed by the hydrogen temperature programmed desorption (H2-TPD) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) techniques. Moreover, the catalyst with a Ni loading of 15 wt% exhibits excellent catalytic behavior towards CO2 methanation (conversion: 96%; selectivity: 99%) at a reaction temperature as low as 260 °C. The good dispersion of Ni NPs with large unsaturation facilitates a high exposure of active sites, which accelerates the formation of surface-dissociated hydrogen and the subsequent hydrogenation removal of surface nickel carbonyl species, accounting for the resulting enhanced low-temperature catalytic performance.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced low-temperature activity of CO2 methanation over highly-dispersed Ni/TiO2 catalyst

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 May 2013
Accepted
27 Jun 2013
First published
27 Jun 2013

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013,3, 2627-2633

Enhanced low-temperature activity of CO2 methanation over highly-dispersed Ni/TiO2 catalyst

J. Liu, C. Li, F. Wang, S. He, H. Chen, Y. Zhao, M. Wei, D. G. Evans and X. Duan, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 2627 DOI: 10.1039/C3CY00355H

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