Tailored mesoporous silica supports for Ni catalysed hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming

Christopher M.A. Parlett, Ayse Aydin, Lee J. Durndell, Lucia Frattini, Mark A. Isaacs, Adam F. Lee, Xiaotong Liu, Luca Olivi, Rima Trofimovaite, Karen Wilson, Chunfei Wu

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    Abstract

    Mesoporous silica supported Ni nanoparticles have been investigated for hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming. Ethanol reforming is structure-sensitive over Ni, and also dependent on support mesostructure; three-dimensional KIT-6 possessing interconnected mesopores offers superior metal dispersion, steam reforming activity, and on-stream stability against deactivation compared with a two-dimensional SBA-15 support.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)76-79
    Number of pages4
    JournalCatalysis Communications
    Volume91
    Early online date21 Dec 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Keywords

    • Ethanol steam reforming
    • Hydrogen production
    • Mesoporous materials
    • Nanoparticles
    • Nickel

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