Abdulaziz A. M. Abahussain, Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh, Dharmesh M. Vadodariya, Jehad K. Abu-Dahrieh, Khaled M. Banabdwin, Naif Alarifi, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Anis H. Fakeeha, Ahmed E. Abasaeed, Rawesh Kumar
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Abstract
The catalytic partial oxidation of methane (POM) is aimed at the mitigation of CH4 (a highly potent greenhouse gas) from the environment and the synthesis of syngas with a high H2/CO ratio. Herein, to enhance the POM reaction, Ni-supported phosphate-modified-zirconia were synthesized with promotor “Ce” to achieve high H2/CO ratio (2.4–3.2). The catalysts were characterized by surface area and porosity, X-ray diffraction, RAMAN, temperature-programmed experiments (TPR, CO2-TPD, and TPO), and TEM. Increasing the ceria addition over 10Ni/PO4 + ZrO2 resulted in lower crystallinity, higher dispersion of active sites, and enhanced the surface area of catalyst. The unique and prominent reducibility and basicity of NiO-species and surface oxide ions, respectively, are particularly notable at 4 wt.% ceria loading. At a reaction temperature of 600°C, the highest concentration of active sites and a unique concentration of moderate strength basic sites can be achieved with 4 wt.% ceria loading over 10Ni/PO4 + ZrO2. This leads to 44% conversion of CH4, 36% yield of H2, 35% yield of CO2, and H2/CO ratio of 3.16 for the POM reaction. The cyclic H2TPR-O2TPO-H2TPR experiment confirms the reorganization of the active site towards high temperature under oxidizing gas O2 and reducing gas H2 gas stream during the POM reaction.
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