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Efficient syngas production from methane reforming in solid oxide electrolyser with LSCM cathode loaded with Ni–Cu catalysts

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This work studies electrochemical reforming of CH4/CO2 (1:1) in an oxide-ion-conducting solid oxide electrolyzer with perovskite cathode La0.75Sr0.25Cr0.5Mn0.5O3 − δ (LSCM). The Ni, Cu, and bimetallic Ni–Cu nanocatalysts are, respectively, loaded to LSCM electrode to enhance electrochemical biogas reforming performances. The synergetic effect of Ni and Cu produces excellent cathode activity with Faraday efficiency considerably improved by 20 %.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China no. 21303037 and the Ministry of Education of Overseas Returnees Fund no. 20131792.

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    1. Department of Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, No.193 Tunxi Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230009, China

      Qingqing Qin, Cong Ruan & Kui Xie

    2. Key Lab of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructure, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China

      Lingting Ye, Lizhen Gan & Kui Xie

    3. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China

      Lingting Ye, Lizhen Gan & Kui Xie

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    Qin, Q., Ruan, C., Ye, L. et al. Efficient syngas production from methane reforming in solid oxide electrolyser with LSCM cathode loaded with Ni–Cu catalysts. J Solid State Electrochem 19, 3389–3399 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-2966-9

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