TY - JOUR
T1 - (Ni,Cu)/hexagonal BN nanohybrids – New efficient catalysts for methanol steam reforming and carbon monoxide oxidation
AU - Kovalskii, Andrey M.
AU - Matveev, Andrei T.
AU - Popov, Zakhar I.
AU - Volkov, Ilia N.
AU - Sukhanova, Ekaterina V.
AU - Lytkina, Aleksandra A.
AU - Yaroslavtsev, Andrey B.
AU - Konopatsky, Anton S.
AU - Leybo, Denis V.
AU - Bondarev, Andrey V.
AU - Shchetinin, Igor V.
AU - Firestein, Konstantin L.
AU - Shtansky, Dmitry V.
AU - Golberg, Dmitri V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - This work is aimed at the development of bimetallic (Ni0.2Cu0.8) catalysts with hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheet (BNNS) supports and elucidating their catalytic activity in the methanol steam reforming and CO oxidation reactions. The hybrid Ni0.2Cu0.8/BN catalysts consist of curved h-BN nanosheets, up to 10–20 nm in lateral size, decorated with metallic nanoparticles, 3.0–8.2 nm in dimensions. The methanol conversion starts at ~20 °C and is nearly completed at 320 °C. The (Ni0.2Cu0.8)/BN nanohybrids exhibit high catalytic stability and high selectivity for CO2 over the whole temperature range. No carbon monoxide is detected during full methanol conversion. The possible mechanism of CO utilization during methanol reforming is proposed using ab initio calculations. The onset temperature of catalytic CO oxidation is 100 °C and full conversion is completed at 200 °C. These results indicate high catalytic efficiency of (Ni0.2Cu0.8)/BN nanohybrids in methanol steam reforming and CO oxidation reactions.
AB - This work is aimed at the development of bimetallic (Ni0.2Cu0.8) catalysts with hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheet (BNNS) supports and elucidating their catalytic activity in the methanol steam reforming and CO oxidation reactions. The hybrid Ni0.2Cu0.8/BN catalysts consist of curved h-BN nanosheets, up to 10–20 nm in lateral size, decorated with metallic nanoparticles, 3.0–8.2 nm in dimensions. The methanol conversion starts at ~20 °C and is nearly completed at 320 °C. The (Ni0.2Cu0.8)/BN nanohybrids exhibit high catalytic stability and high selectivity for CO2 over the whole temperature range. No carbon monoxide is detected during full methanol conversion. The possible mechanism of CO utilization during methanol reforming is proposed using ab initio calculations. The onset temperature of catalytic CO oxidation is 100 °C and full conversion is completed at 200 °C. These results indicate high catalytic efficiency of (Ni0.2Cu0.8)/BN nanohybrids in methanol steam reforming and CO oxidation reactions.
KW - (NiCu)/BN nanohybrids
KW - Carbon monoxide oxidation
KW - Catalytic activity
KW - Hexagonal BN
KW - Methanol steam reforming
KW - Microstructure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125109
DO - 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125109
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083481515
SN - 1385-8947
VL - 395
JO - Chemical Engineering Journal
JF - Chemical Engineering Journal
M1 - 125109
ER -