Hydrogen production via catalytic methane decomposition over alumina supported iron catalyst

Anis H. Fakeeha; Ahmed A. Ibrahim; Wasim U. Khan; K. Seshan; Raja L. Al Otaibi; Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh

doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.06.012

Hydrogen production via catalytic methane decomposition over alumina supported iron catalyst

Anis H. Fakeeha, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Wasim U. Khan, K. Seshan, Raja L. Al Otaibi, Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh^*

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Abstract

In this paper, iron-based catalysts, calcined at different temperatures (300–800 °C), supported over alumina, were investigated for hydrogen production via catalytic methane decomposition. The catalysts were prepared by using different methods such as impregnation and co-precipitation. The fresh and spent catalysts were characterized using different techniques such as Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET), temperature-programmed reduction by hydrogen (H₂-TPR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry analysis (TGA), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Results revealed that for both impregnated and co-precipitated catalysts, calcination temperature of 500 °C is optimal. Type of precursor iron oxide on the alumina support has a strong influence on its performance for methane decomposition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	405-414
Number of pages	10
Journal	Arabian Journal of Chemistry
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.06.012
State	Published - Mar 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Decomposition
Hydrogen
Iron catalyst
Methane

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Hydrogen production via catalytic methane decomposition over alumina supported iron catalyst

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