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Promoted Ni Catalyst Over Titania-Zirconia Support for Partial Oxidation of Methane: Simple and Practical Catalysts

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Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas, and its mitigation is deliberately needed. The partial oxidation of methane (POM) is a promising route for depleting methane with a high H2/CO ratio through direct and indirect reaction pathways. In this study, the catalyst Ni stabilized over titania-zirconia support is found to retain the catalytic active sites exposed for a constant 30% H2 yield with an H2/CO ratio of 4.25 up to 300 h. Furthermore, the promotion role of 2wt% Cs, Ce, Sr over Ni/TiZr catalyst is studied for POM reaction where 2wt% Cs addition to Ni/TiZr is found to be decremental toward POM due to the lowest density of basic sites. 2wt% Sr promoted Ni/TiZr performs best due to the highest edge of reducibility, the highest population of active sites, and retention of active sites in a reduced state against O2 during POM reaction. It ensures > 45% CH4 conversion, > 40% H2 yield, and 3.7 H2/CO ratio at 600 °C during the 300-min time on stream. At high reaction temperature (750 °C) over NiSr/TiZr catalyst, the H2/CO ratio is dropped to ~ 2 and the H2 yield is jumped to 97% indicating the exclusive presence of a direct pathway for POM.

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The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP2024R368), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RK and DMV acknowledge Indus University, Ahmedabad, for supporting research.

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    Ahmed S. Al-Fatesh, Khaled M. Banabdwin, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Anis H. Fakeeha & Abdulaziz A. M. Abahussain

  2. Department of Chemistry, Indus University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 382115, India

    Dharmesh M. Vadodariya & Rawesh Kumar

  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Al-Fatesh, A.S., Vadodariya, D.M., Banabdwin, K.M. et al. Promoted Ni Catalyst Over Titania-Zirconia Support for Partial Oxidation of Methane: Simple and Practical Catalysts. Catal Lett (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-024-04627-9

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