Ni–Sn-Supported ZrO2 Catalysts Modified by Indium for Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol
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Hengne, Amol MahalingappaSamal, Akshaya Kumar

Enakonda, Linga
Harb, Moussab

Gevers, Lieven
Anjum, Dalaver H.

Hedhili, Mohamed N.

Saih, Youssef
Huang, Kuo-Wei

Basset, Jean-Marie

KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramElectron Microscopy
Homogeneous Catalysis Laboratory (HCL)
Imaging and Characterization Core Lab
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Surface Science
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2018-04-02Online Publication Date
2018-04-02Print Publication Date
2018-04-30Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/627526
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Ni and NiSn supported on zirconia (ZrO2) and on indium (In)-incorporated zirconia (InZrO2) catalysts were prepared by a wet chemical reduction route and tested for hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol in a fixed-bed isothermal flow reactor at 250 °C. The mono-metallic Ni (5%Ni/ZrO2) catalysts showed a very high selectivity for methane (99%) during CO2 hydrogenation. Introduction of Sn to this material with the following formulation 5Ni5Sn/ZrO2 (5% Ni-5% Sn/ZrO2) showed the rate of methanol formation to be 0.0417 μmol/(gcat·s) with 54% selectivity. Furthermore, the combination NiSn supported on InZrO2 (5Ni5Sn/10InZrO2) exhibited a rate of methanol formation 10 times higher than that on 5Ni/ZrO2 (0.1043 μmol/(gcat·s)) with 99% selectivity for methanol. All of these catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, CO2-temperature-programmed desorption, and density functional theory (DFT) studies. Addition of Sn to Ni catalysts resulted in the formation of a NiSn alloy. The NiSn alloy particle size was kept in the range of 10–15 nm, which was evidenced by HRTEM study. DFT analysis was carried out to identify the surface composition as well as the structural location of each element on the surface in three compositions investigated, namely, Ni28Sn27, Ni18Sn37, and Ni37Sn18 bimetallic nanoclusters, and results were in agreement with the STEM and electron energy-loss spectroscopy results. Also, the introduction of “Sn” and “In” helped improve the reducibility of Ni oxide and the basic strength of catalysts. Considerable details of the catalytic and structural properties of the Ni, NiSn, and NiSnIn catalyst systems were elucidated. These observations were decisive for achieving a highly efficient formation rate of methanol via CO2 by the H2 reduction process with high methanol selectivity.Citation
Hengne AM, Samal AK, Enakonda LR, Harb M, Gevers LE, et al. (2018) Ni–Sn-Supported ZrO2 Catalysts Modified by Indium for Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Omega 3: 3688–3701. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00211.Sponsors
We are thankful for the financial support from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS OmegaAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.8b00211ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acsomega.8b00211