Abstract
The incorporation of lanthanum on ETS-10 titanosilicate and its influence on the catalytic activity of Ru catalysts for the dry reforming of methane reaction were studied.The catalysts were prepared through ion exchange of ETS-10 using different lanthanum solution concentrations (0.1, 0.2 and 0.4wt% of La2O3). The Ru loading was 0.6wt% for all catalysts. The methane reaction rates for Ru/LaETS-10 catalysts showed an increase in comparison with Ru/ETS-10. This could be related to the lanthanum participation in the reaction mechanism. Moreover, all the formulations were stable after 70h on stream.In order to study the effect of lanthanum exchange in the structure of ETS-10 supports, the solids were characterized by BET, XRD, TEM, FTIR XPS, and laser Raman spectroscopy.The relative crystallinities were lower than 80%, indicating that the La exchange could have an important effect on the crystalline structure of ETS-10, in agreement with Raman and FTIR results.The surface Ru/Ti ratio determined by XPS was higher in the case of Ru/LaETS-10 synthesized with the highest La concentration in the exchange solution. The Na/Ti ratio, measured by XPS and EDX, was lower for the Ru/LaETS-10 catalysts compared with ETS-10 suggesting that La was exchanged in the structure.
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