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Development of Highly Stable Ni-Al2O3 Catalysts for CO Methanation

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A series of Ni-Al2O3 catalysts with attractive catalytic activity and thermal stability have been developed via a facile hydrolysis-precipitation technique (xNiAl-HP, x representing the weight percentage of NiO). Based on the high nickel active surface area, good dispersion of NiO and high content of α- and β1-type NiO, outstanding CO conversion (99%) and CH4 yield (96%) can be achieved over 40NiAl-HP under mild conditions [T = 220 °C, P = 1.0 MPa, and WHSV = 20,000 mL/(g·h)]. The reaction-sintering at high temperature (800 °C) evolves through: (a) the migration of nickel crystals, (b) the phase transformation from γ- to θ- and then to α-Al2O3, and (c) the agglomeration of catalyst particles. The 40NiAl-HP catalyst could still maintain CO conversion over 99% at 300 °C after being used at 800 °C for 100 h. Herein, the high catalytic activity, good sintering resistance and noble-metal-/promoter-free nature might make 40NiAl-HP a competitive candidate for industrial methanation.

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This work was supported by the Technology Innovation Project for Excellent Talents of Shanxi Province (No. 201805D211037), Coal Based Key Scientific and Technological Project of Shanxi Province (No. MJH2016-03).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Zhifeng Qin, Hongyan Ban, Xiaoyue Wang, Zhibin Wang, Jun Ren, Liping Chang, Maoqian Miao, Kechang Xie & Congming Li

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Yanxia Niu

  3. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan Institute of Technology, Taiyuan, 030008, China

    Ying Yao

  4. Post-Doctoral Research Station of Shanxi Institute of Environmental Planning, Taiyuan, 030002, China

    Zhifeng Qin

  5. Postdoctoral Mobile Station of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Zhifeng Qin

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Qin, Z., Ban, H., Wang, X. et al. Development of Highly Stable Ni-Al2O3 Catalysts for CO Methanation. Catal Lett 151, 2647–2657 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03486-4

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