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Partial oxidation of methane over bimetallic copper-cerium oxide   catalysts

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Ferreira, Ana C.; Ferraria, A. M.; Branco, Joaquim B. — 2010 — ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

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Ferreira, Ana C. (Ana Cristina Gomes Ferreira da Silva Parreira); Ferraria, A. M. (Ana Maria da Conceição Ferraria); Botelho do Rego, A. M. (Ana Maria Pereira Lopes Redondo Botelho do Rego); Goncalves, Antonio P. (António Cândido Lampreia Pereira Gonçalves); Girao, A. Violeta; Correia, Rosario; Gasche, T. Almeida; Branco, Joaquim B. (Joaquim Miguel Badalo Branco)

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04/01/2010

Abstract

The performance of bimetallic copper-cerium oxides was investigated for the catalytic partial oxidation of methane. They were synthesized by two routes using either the intermetallic compound CeCu(2) as catalytic precursor or the sol-gel method via cerium and copper nitrates (1:2) in the presence of urea. The catalysts prepared by the sol-gel method were always less active and selective than the catalyst prepared by the intermetallic route, which was comparable in catalytic behavior to noble metal catalysts on alumina (e.g. 5 wt\% Rh/Al(2)O(3), Cony. CH(4) > 90\%, Sel. H(2) > 99\%, H(2)/CO approximate to 2.0) at T= 750 degrees C. To our knowledge, this is a novelty for copper based catalysts. The copper-cerium oxide catalysts were also quite stable in the temperature range studied, 350-800 degrees C, and for a long period of time on stream. Such catalytic behavior seems to be determined by the surface morphology and composition and by an unusual interaction between the copper and cerium oxide that hinders the deactivation of the catalyst at high temperatures, which is a direct consequence of the synthetic method used in this work. Therefore, the bimetallic copper-cerium oxide catalyst obtained by the intermetallic route seem to be a good option to produce syngas with the advantage of being less expensive than the catalysts based on noble metals. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

First page or article number

47

Last page

55

Volume

320

Issue

1-2

DOI

10.1016/j.molcata.2009.12.014

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WOS:000276011600007

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chemical-sciences - Chemical sciences

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eng - English

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