Hydrogen Production by Formic Acid Decomposition over Ca Promoted Ni/SiO2 Catalysts: Effect of the Calcium Content

Formic acid, a major product of biomass processing, is regarded as a potential liquid carrier for hydrogen storage and delivery. The catalytic dehydrogenation of FA to generate hydrogen using heterogeneous catalysts is of great interest. Ni based catalysts supported on silica were synthesized by incipient wet impregnation. The eect of doping with an alkaline earth metal (calcium) wasstudied, and the solids were tested in the formic acid decomposition reaction to produce hydrogen.The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and programmed temperature surface reaction (TPSR).The catalyst doped with 19.3 wt.% of Ca showed 100% conversion of formic acid at 160 C, with a 92% of selectivity to hydrogen. In addition, all the tested materials were promising for their application, since they showed catalytic behaviors (conversion and selectivity to hydrogen) comparable to thoseof noble metals reported in the literature.Fil: Faroldi, Betina María Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Paviotti, María Aneley. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Camino-Manjarrés, M.. Universidad de Salamanca; EspañaFil: González-Carrazán, S.. Universidad de Salamanca; EspañaFil: López-Olmos, C.. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica; EspañaFil: Rodríguez-Ramos, I.. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica; Españ

Ni-based catalyst over rice husk-derived silica for the CO2methanation reaction: Effect of Ru addition

Amorphous, high purity and sulfur-free silica was obtained from rice husk, which was used as support in metal catalysts. Ni and Ni-Ru catalysts were synthesized by wet impregnation over SiO2. The metallic loading was varied keeping the Ru/Ni ratio equal to 0.1. The solids were characterized by different techniques such as XRD, FT-IR, N2 adsorption, XRF, HRTEM, EDX, Raman, TPR, H2-TPD and XPS. They were evaluated in the CO2 methanation reaction between 250 and 400 °C. The rice husk-derived silica allowed obtaining Ni-based catalysts more suitable for CO2 methanation than commercial fumed silica. The incorporation of low amounts of Ru into Ni-based catalysts decreased particle size and improved the reducibility of NiO as well as the H2 adsorption capacity. The catalysts were active and stable. The Ni5Ru solid resulted the most promising catalyst for the CO2 methanation reaction by achieving the highest methane production rate with the lowest metal loading.Fil: Paviotti, María Aneley. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Faroldi, Betina María Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Cornaglia, Laura Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; Argentin

Ni mesostructured catalysts obtained from rice husk ashes by microwave-Assisted synthesis for CO2methanation

In this work, rice husk ashes were used to obtain a high purity silica precursor to synthesize mesoporous silica frameworks. A novel route for the synthesis of mesocellular silica foam (MCF) was developed using microwave irradiation during the hydrothermal treatment. Cyclohexane and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide were employed as swelling and structure-directing agents, respectively. Ni-based catalysts supported on MCM-41 and MCF mesostructured materials were obtained using two methods, one-pot and incipient wetness impregnation. The catalysts prepared for both methods presented noticeable differences in the metal-support interaction, which were observed by TEM, SAXRD, TPR and XPS. The impregnated catalysts showed preferentially Ni particles inside the pore structure of the support while the one-pot catalysts also showed Ni particles within the silica framework. The catalysts were evaluated in the CO2 methanation reaction between 200 and 500 °C at atmospheric pressure. The samples prepared by impregnation showed better catalytic performance than those prepared by the one-pot method. Thereby, the Ni particles highly distributed within the pore improved the CO2 methanation reaction. The Ni/MCF_ch_iwi presented the best catalytic performance reaching CO2 conversions and CH4 selectivities close to the reaction equilibrium, from 350 to 500 °C. The Ni/MCF_ch_iwi also showed high structure and catalytic stability, as well as coke resistance formation under reaction conditions.Fil: Paviotti, María Aneley. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Salazar Hoyos, Luis Alfonso. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Busilacchio, Valentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Faroldi, Betina María Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; ArgentinaFil: Cornaglia, Laura Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera". Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica "Ing. José Miguel Parera"; Argentin