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Simultaneously converting CH4 and CO2 to syngas using a novel Pt doped Ni/MgO-Al2O3 aerogel catalyst

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CH4 and CO2 are the main greenhouse effect contributors that cause global warming and undesirable climate change. Simultaneously converting CH4 and CO2 into value-added syngas via dry reforming (DRM) is an attractive route but highly active catalyst is demanded. A novel Ni-Pt/MgO-Al2O3 aerogel was developed via a sol-gel combined with supercritical deposition method and the effect of Pt doping in DRM was studied. The catalytic activities of Ni-Pt/MgO-Al2O3 aerogel catalysts followed the order: Ni10Pt0.1 > Ni10Pt0.05 > Ni10Pt0.2 > Ni10. 87% CH4 and 82% CO2 can be stably converted to syngas at 800 °C on the optimal Ni10Pt0.1. Characterizations including XRD, BET, HRTEM, H2-TPR, TG/DSC, and FESEM analysis revealed that increasing the Pt/Ni ratio from 0 to 0.01 helped to transfer Ni2Al2O4 spinel to bulk NiOx species, which is conducive to higher activity owing to the improvement of reducibility of the catalyst. However, a further increase in the Pt/Ni ratio to 0.02 resulted in the transformation of the bulk NiOx species to surface NiOx, which deteriorated the Ni-Pt catalyst performance. Kinetic experiments on the optimal Ni10Pt0.1 showed a CH4 activation energy of 31.8 kJ/mol, which is comparable to Pt-Ni catalysts with higher Pt contents. This work developed a promising catalyst for DRM and will help utilize abundant CH4 and CO2 resources in a clean and efficient way.

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  • Ni–Pt bimetallic catalysts were prepared via sol–gel combined with supercritical deposition method.

  • Ni species and their reduction behavior can be tuned by Pt/Ni ratio.

  • Ni10Pt0.1 exhibited the best catalytic performance.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge the financial support from National Science Foundation of China (No. 21306231), China Scholarship Council (No. 201706375005), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2018M632988), Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Xiangnan Rare-Precious Metals Compounds and Applications (No. 2021XGJSKFJJ01) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (No. 506022109).

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    Qingyu Huang, Lin Chen, Weifeng Liu, Duchao Zhang, Tianzu Yang & Zhan Jing

  2. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Xiangnan Rare-Precious Metals Compounds Research and Application, Chenzhou, Hunan, 423000, China

    Jiayuan Li

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LC contributed to the conception of the study. QH performed the experiment. QH and LC performed the data analyses and wrote the manuscript. WL, DZ, TY, ZJ, and JL helped perform the analysis with constructive discussions.

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Huang, Q., Chen, L., Liu, W. et al. Simultaneously converting CH4 and CO2 to syngas using a novel Pt doped Ni/MgO-Al2O3 aerogel catalyst. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 103, 777–790 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-05884-z

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