LaNixFe1–xO3 as flexible oxygen or carbon carriers for tunable syngas production and CO2 utilization

Iftikhar, Sherafghan; Martin, William; Gao, Yunfei; Yu, Xinbin; Wang, Iwei; Wu, Zili; Li, Fanxing

doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2022.07.022

LaNi_xFe_1–xO₃ as flexible oxygen or carbon carriers for tunable syngas production and CO₂ utilization

Journal Article · Thu Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Catalysis Today

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.07.022· OSTI ID:1899041

Iftikhar, Sherafghan ^[1]; Martin, William ^[2]; Gao, Yunfei ^[3]; Yu, Xinbin ^[4]; Wang, Iwei ^[2]; Wu, Zili ^[4]; Li, Fanxing ^[2]

North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); North Carolina State University
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); East China Univ. of Science and Technology, Shanghai (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The current study reports LaFe_1–xNi_xO_3–δ redox catalysts as flexible oxygen or carbon carriers for CO2 utilization and tunable production of syngas at relatively low temperatures (~700 °C), in the context of a hybrid redox process. Specifically, perovskite-structured LaFe_1–xNi_xO_3–δ with seven different compositions (x = 0.4–1) were prepared and investigated. Cyclic experiments under alternating methane and CO₂ flows indicated that all the samples exhibited favorable reactive performance: CH₄ and CO₂ conversions varied between 85% and 98% and 70–88%, respectively. While H₂/CO ratio from Fe-rich redox catalysts was ~2.3:1 in the methane conversion step, Ni-rich catalysts produced a concentrated (~ 93.7 vol%) hydrogen stream via methane cracking. The flexibility of LaFe_1–xNi_xO_3–δ to produce syngas (or hydrogen) with tunable compositions was found to be governed by the iron/nickel (Fe/Ni) ratio. Redox catalysts with higher Fe contents act as a lattice oxygen carrier via chemical looping partial oxidation (CLPOx) of methane whereas those with higher Ni contents function as a carbon carrier via chemical looping methane cracking (CLMC) scheme. XRD analysis and temperature-programmed reactions revealed that both types of catalysts involve the formation of La₂O₃ and Ni⁰ /Ni-Fe phases under the methane environment. The ability to re-incorporate La₂O₃ and Ni/Fe into a perovskite structure gives rise to oxygen-carrying capacity whereas stable Ni⁰ or Ni/Fe phases would catalyze methane cracking without lattice oxygen exchange in the reaction cycles. Here, temperature programmed oxidation and Raman spectroscopy indicated the presence of graphitic and amorphous carbon species, which were effectively gasified by CO₂ to produce concentrated CO. Stability tests over LaFe_0.5Ni_0.5O₃ and LaNiO₃ revealed that the redox performance was stable over a span of 50 cycles.

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Research Organization:: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0031703

OSTI ID:: 1899041

Journal Information:: Catalysis Today, Journal Name: Catalysis Today Vol. 416; ISSN 0920-5861

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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