Key properties of Ni/CeAlO3-Al2O3/SiC-foam catalysts for biogas reforming: Enhanced stability and CO2 activation

The efficient conversion of renewable biogas has attracted ever-increasing interest in past decades. Ni-CeO 2 -Al 2 O 3 supported on monolithic SiC-foam (denoted as Ni/CeO 2 -Al 2 O 3 /SCF) is designed and applied in biogas reforming. The monolithic Ni/CeO 2 -Al 2 O 3 /SCF catalysts were deeply characterized by XRD, ICP-AES, SEM, HR-TEM, CO 2 -TPD, etc. The cycle between CeO 2 -Al 2 O 3 and CeAlO 3 was verified by in-situ CH 4 /CO 2 -TPSR, and the catalytic role of CeAlO 3 in coke elimination and CO 2 activation was further confirmed. Due to the uniform distribution of Ni nanoparticles (NP S ) and the activation of CO 2 by CeAlO 3 , Ni/CeAlO 3 -Al 2 O 3 /SCF shows excellent catalytic stability to inhibit sintering and eliminate carbon deposition. At 900 °C and a gas hourly space velocity (GSHV) of 24000 mL g Cat -1 h −1 , excellent CH 4 /CO 2 conversion of 86/99% are initially achieved over Ni/CeAlO 3 -Al 2 O 3 /SCF catalyst, followed by slight decrease after 140 h, and remain basically stable for the next 260 h.