Synthesis of lanthanide series (La, Ce, Pr, Eu & Gd) promoted Ni/Γ-Al2O3 catalysts for methanation of CO2 at low temperature under atmospheric pressure

Waqar Ahmad; Muhammad Naeem Younis; Reyad Shawabkeh; Shakeel Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.catcom.2017.06.044

Synthesis of lanthanide series (La, Ce, Pr, Eu & Gd) promoted Ni/Γ-Al₂O₃ catalysts for methanation of CO₂ at low temperature under atmospheric pressure

Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Naeem Younis, Reyad Shawabkeh, Shakeel Ahmed^*

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Abstract

A series of Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ and 5%X-12%Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ (X = La, Ce, Pr, Eu & Gd) catalysts was synthesized by using aqueous incipient impregnation method for methanation of carbon dioxide. 5%Pr-12%Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ showed the highest CO₂ conversion of 98.2% with 100% CH₄ selectivity at 300 °C for investigated reaction conditions. The catalyst activity was also tested for 48 h which showed the stability of synthesized catalyst for CO₂ conversion and CH₄ selectivity. The TEM, BET and XRD analysis demonstrated the high metal dispersion, no remarkable effect on textural properties of 5%Pr-12%Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ as compared to 12%Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ and phases of alumina, nickel and lanthanide series promoters for γ-Al₂O₃ support, 12%Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ and 5%X-12%Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ catalysts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-126
Number of pages	6
Journal	Catalysis Communications
Volume	100
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2017.06.044
State	Published - 2017

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Keywords

Lanthanide series promoters
Methanation of CO
Ni based catalysts
γ-AlO support

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General Chemistry
Process Chemistry and Technology

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