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The promotional effects of Mn on Ni/SiO2 catalysts for CO methanation

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The Mn promoted Ni catalysts were developed and applied in CO methanation reaction. The 10%Ni/SiO2 catalyst exhibits poor initial CO conversion (32.8%) and rapid deactivation with the highest methane selectivity during CO methanation reaction. In contrast, the Mn 4%Mn-10%Ni/SiO2 catalyst shows dramatically increased initial CO conversion, which is up to 94.5% with 90.0% methane selectivity. Besides, the apparent activation energy, Ea value, of 4%Mn-10%Ni/SiO2 was calculated to be 73.1 kJ/mol according to Arrhenius equation, which is much lower than that of 10%Ni/SiO2 catalyst as 139.1 kJ/mol. Based on various characterization results, including in situ XPS and in situ CO-DRIFTS, it is found that the added Mn significantly improves the dispersion of the supported nickel, suppresses the sintering of nickel particles and forms more adsorbed CO species of three-fold carbonyl species, resulting in higher CO conversion and good stability during CO methanation reaction.

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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of P. R. China (U20B2022, 52270096 and 22078006), Beijing Nova Program (Z201100006820022) and Bingtuan Science and Technology Program (2021DB006). The financial supports from National Energy Investment Group Corporation Limited (CF9300220001) and National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFE0106700) are appreciated.

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  2. National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing, 102209, China

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    Zhanggui Hou

  4. Tarim University, Alar, 843300, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

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Hou, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, C. et al. The promotional effects of Mn on Ni/SiO2 catalysts for CO methanation. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 136, 587–601 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02377-0

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