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Fe Promoted Ni–Ce/Al2O3 in Auto-Thermal Reforming of Ethanol for Hydrogen Production

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Ni–Ce/Al2O3 and Ni–Ce–Fe/Al2O3 catalysts prepared by impregnation were tested in auto-thermal reforming (ATR) of ethanol. With ceria promotion, conversion of ethanol near 100% and selectivity to hydrogen at 103.6% can be achieved at 600 °C in ATR of ethanol, while with both iron and ceria promotion, selectivity to hydrogen at 118.4% is observed, which are higher (57.17% improvement on hydrogen selectivity) than that of the conventional Ni catalyst. In addition, higher stability is also observed during a 31-h test. The improvements are attributed to the restrained acidity and high dispersion of nickel alumina spinel phase.

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Acknowledgments

This work is partially supported by the U.S. Army Research Lab (Grant No. W911NF-07-2-0036). The authors wish to thank Dr. Jeffrey Swope of Department of Geography Science at IUPUI for XRD test, and acknowledge the useful discussions provided by Drs. Corinne Renguette, Wei Sun and Haixia Li.

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  1. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Lihong Huang, Jian Xie, Rongrong Chen & Andrew T. Hsu

  2. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, 20783, USA

    Deryn Chu

  3. Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 799 West Michigan Street, ET 215, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5160, USA

    Andrew T. Hsu

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Huang, L., Xie, J., Chen, R. et al. Fe Promoted Ni–Ce/Al2O3 in Auto-Thermal Reforming of Ethanol for Hydrogen Production. Catal Lett 130, 432–439 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-009-9978-y

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