MCM-41 support for ultrasmall γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles for H2S removal

Cara, C.; Rombi, E.; Musinu, A.; Mameli, V.; Ardu, A.; Sanna Angotzi, M.; Atzori, L.; Niznansky, D.; Xin, H. L.; Cannas, C.

doi:10.1039/C7TA03652C

Title: MCM-41 support for ultrasmall γ-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles for H₂S removal

Journal Article · Sat Jul 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA03652C· OSTI ID:1425090

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Univ. of Cagliari, Monserrato (Italy). Dept. of Chemical and Geological Sciences; Consorzio AUSI, Iglesias (Italy); National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Cagliari (Italy)
Univ. of Cagliari, Monserrato (Italy). Dept. of Chemical and Geological Sciences
Univ. of Cagliari, Monserrato (Italy). Dept. of Chemical and Geological Sciences; National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Cagliari (Italy)
Charles Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry; Inst. of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy Of Sciences, Husinec Rez (Czech Republic)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials

In this paper, MCM-41 is proposed to build mesostructured Fe₂O₃-based sorbents as an alternative to other silica or alumina supports for mid-temperature H₂S removal. MCM-41 was synthesized as micrometric (MCM41_M) and nanometric (MCM41_N) particles and impregnated through an efficient two-solvent (hexane–water) procedure to obtain the corresponding γ-Fe₂O₃@MCM-41 composites. The active phase is homogeneously dispersed within the 2 nm channels in the form of ultrasmall maghemite nanoparticles assuring a high active phase reactivity. The final micrometric (Fe_MCM41_M) and nanometric (Fe_MCM41_N) composites were tested as sorbents for hydrogen sulphide removal at 300 °C and the results were compared with a reference sorbent (commercial unsupported ZnO) and an analogous silica-based sorbent (Fe_SBA15). MCM-41 based sorbents, having the highest surface areas, showed superior performances that were retained after the first sulphidation cycle. Specifically, the micrometric sorbent (Fe_MCM41_M) showed a higher SRC value than the nanometric one (Fe_MCM41_N), due to the low stability of the nanosized particles over time caused by their high reactivity. Finally and furthermore, the low regeneration temperature (300–350 °C), besides the high removal capacity, renders MCM41-based systems an alternative class of regenerable sorbents for thermally efficient cleaning up processes in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles (IGCC) systems.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Cagliari, Monserrato (Italy)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Consorzio AUSI (Italy); Univ. of Cagliari (Italy)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1425090

Report Number(s):: BNL-203302-2018-JAAM; TRN: US1802041

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 5, Issue 41; ISSN 2050-7488

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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