Ceria-Doped Ni/SBA-16 Catalysts for Dry Reforming
of Methane
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Abstract
Ni-ceria
nanoparticles (Ni/Ce = 1/1) in the cage-like pores of
SBA-16 were prepared and evaluated in methane dry reforming reactions.
Coexistence of ceria in NiCe/SBA-16 resulted in forming uniformly
sized Ni particles (av. 5.7 nm) within the mesopores of SBA-16, because
of the confinement effect from the framework of SBA-16 and the strong
interaction between Ni and ceria. Ceria addition facilitated the reduction
of NiCe/SBA-16 compared with Ni/SBA-16, and Ce<sup>3+</sup> was the
dominant species in both fresh and used NiCe/SBA-16 catalysts, as
determined by Ce L<sub>III</sub>-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure
(XANES). The methane conversion was much more stable on NiCe/SBA-16
than on Ni/CeO<sub>2</sub> and Ni/SBA-16 in the methane dry reforming
at 973 K during a 100 h reaction period; the deactivation of the Ni
catalyst and the collapse of the SBA-16 framework were preferably
suppressed for NiCe/SBA-16 under the reaction conditions. The remarkable
effect of ceria on the structural stability of both the active Ni
particles and the SBA-16 framework led to the consistent catalytic
performance of NiCe/SBA-16 in methane dry reforming