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Title: Low-pressure methanol synthesis from CO2 over metal-promoted Ni-Ga intermetallic catalysts

Abstract

Ni-Ga and M-Ni-Ga (M = Au, Co, Cu) catalysts were evaluated for methanol synthesis from CO2 at 10 bar and 200-270°C. The following trend in turnover frequency (TOF) for CO2 hydrogenation was observed: AuNiGa > CuNiGa > NiGa > CoNiGa, where TOF increased with decreasing catalyst affinity for CO. The presence of a third metal was found to influence both the formation of the Ni-Ga intermetallic phase as well as the number of available sites for CO chemisorption. Phase formation, catalyst composition and stability were evaluated using therm ogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDX). Au-Ni-Ga, which showed a nearly 4-fold improvement in TOF at 263°C and 10 bar compared to Ni-Ga, consisted of Ni3Ga particles decorated with Au, as evidenced by post catalysis characterization.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom)
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1646888
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1780544
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; DGE-114747; ECCS-1542152
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 2212-9820
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; CO2 hydrogenation; methanol synthesis; intermetallic catalysts; CO2 utilization

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Duyar, Melis S., Gallo, Alessandro, Snider, Jonathan L., and Jaramillo, Thomas F. Low-pressure methanol synthesis from CO2 over metal-promoted Ni-Ga intermetallic catalysts. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jcou.2020.03.001.
Duyar, Melis S., Gallo, Alessandro, Snider, Jonathan L., & Jaramillo, Thomas F. Low-pressure methanol synthesis from CO2 over metal-promoted Ni-Ga intermetallic catalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2020.03.001
Duyar, Melis S., Gallo, Alessandro, Snider, Jonathan L., and Jaramillo, Thomas F. Fri . "Low-pressure methanol synthesis from CO2 over metal-promoted Ni-Ga intermetallic catalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2020.03.001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1646888.
@article{osti_1646888,
title = {Low-pressure methanol synthesis from CO2 over metal-promoted Ni-Ga intermetallic catalysts},
author = {Duyar, Melis S. and Gallo, Alessandro and Snider, Jonathan L. and Jaramillo, Thomas F.},
abstractNote = {Ni-Ga and M-Ni-Ga (M = Au, Co, Cu) catalysts were evaluated for methanol synthesis from CO2 at 10 bar and 200-270°C. The following trend in turnover frequency (TOF) for CO2 hydrogenation was observed: AuNiGa > CuNiGa > NiGa > CoNiGa, where TOF increased with decreasing catalyst affinity for CO. The presence of a third metal was found to influence both the formation of the Ni-Ga intermetallic phase as well as the number of available sites for CO chemisorption. Phase formation, catalyst composition and stability were evaluated using therm ogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (STEM-EDX). Au-Ni-Ga, which showed a nearly 4-fold improvement in TOF at 263°C and 10 bar compared to Ni-Ga, consisted of Ni3Ga particles decorated with Au, as evidenced by post catalysis characterization.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jcou.2020.03.001},
journal = {Journal of CO2 Utilization},
number = ,
volume = 39,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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