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Efficient hydrogen production from methane over iridium-doped ceria catalysts synthesized by solution combustion

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APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 580-591

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.11.024

Keywords

Iridium; Ceria; Solution combustion synthesis; Heterogeneous catalysis; Steam reforming of methane

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  1. French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-11-BS10-009 DINAMIC]
  2. CNRS
  3. Grand Lyon
  4. Rhone-Alpes Region

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This study reports on the investigations performed on an Ir-CeO2 (0.1 wt% Ir) catalyst, prepared for the first time by one-step solution combustion synthesis (SCS) and submitted to a number of analyses: N-2 volumetry, elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed methods. The catalyst was studied in the steam reforming of methane (SRM) at 750 degrees C, under water-deficient conditions (CH4/H2O ratio of 10) and in the presence of 220 ppm H2S. The obtained catalytic performances were compared with those of an Ir/CeO2 catalyst prepared by incipient wetness impregnation (IWI). The influence of the support and the metal was investigated through testing of Ir/SiO2-Al2O3-IWI and Rh-CeO2-SCS catalysts, respectively. Using CeO2 as carrier, Ir-based catalysts are highly efficient in SRM and resistant to carbon and irreversible sulfur poisoning. The catalytic activity of Ir-CeO2-SCS is superior to that of Ir/CeO2-IWI. Unlike the Ir-CeO2 catalyst, Ir/SiO2-Al2O3 is completely deactivated in presence of sulfur, while Rh-CeO2-SCS does not recover its initial activity after exposure to an H2S-containing feed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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