DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.17.1.12174.1-12

Catalytic Decomposition of Methane to Hydrogen over Al2O3 Supported Mono- and Bimetallic Catalysts

1Institute of Combustion Problems, Bogenbay batyra, 172 A, 050012 Almaty , Kazakhstan

2Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al- Farabi ave. 71, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan

3L.V. Pysarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prospekt Nauki, 31, 03028, Ukraine

Received: 27 Aug 2021; Revised: 5 Oct 2021; Accepted: 7 Oct 2021; Available online: 9 Oct 2021; Published: 30 Mar 2022.
Editor(s): Istadi Istadi
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This article discusses the decomposition of methane in the temperature range 550–800 °C on low-percentage   monometallic (Ni/g-Al2O3, Co/g-Al2O3) and bimetallic (Ni-Co/g-Al2O3) catalysts. It is shown that the bimetallic catalyst is more active in the decomposition of methane to hydrogen than monometallic ones. At a reaction temperature of 600 °C, the highest methane conversion is 81%, and the highest hydrogen yield of 51% is formed on Ni-Co/g-Al2O3. A complex of physicochemical methods (Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Temperature Programmed Reduction (TPR-H2), etc.) established that the addition of cobalt oxide to the composition of Ni/g-Al2O3 leads to the formation of surface bimetallic Ni-Co alloys, while the dispersion of particles increases and the reducibility of the catalyst is facilitated, which provides an increase in the concentration of metal particles - active centers, which can be the reason for an increase in the catalytic properties of a bimetallic catalyst in comparison with monometallic ones. Copyright © 2021 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

 

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Keywords: methane decomposition; Al2O3 catalyst; hydrogen; bimetallic catalyst; Ni/g-Al2O3; Co/g-Al2O3; Ni-Co/g-Al2O3
Funding: Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan under contract Grant № AP08855564

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