Abstract
The influence of Ni-hydrotalcite (HT) loading on the activity and stability of Ni-HT supported on activated carbon (Ni-HT/AC) was investigated for fermentative hydrogen production. The basic sites of Ni-HT loading on AC support significantly boosted the catalytic performance with the initial faster rate. The combined function catalyst of Ni-HT/AC facilitates the rapid decomposition of saccharides and high selectivity to fructose that attained the maximum hydrogen production within 24 h. The optimum dose of Ni-HT/AC at 8.33 g/L showed a 25.84% increment over the control. In addition, shortening the lagging phase time at 1.50 h was achieved. The high adsorption capacity of lactic acid was induced with the basic sites of Ni-HT/AC. However, a deactivation of the Ni-HT/AC during prolonged fermentation was associated with metabolites formation, causing the leaching of Mg2+ ions from the surface of AC supported Ni-HT and reducing surface basicity of Ni-HT/AC.
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