Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) porous SiO2 nanomesh obtained from mixed acid etching of vermiculite (VMT) was successfully used as a catalyst support for CO methanation. Compared with three-dimensional (3D) MCM-41, 2D VMT-SiO2 provided a superior position for implantation of NiO species. Although NiO/VMT-SiO2 has a total loading of 10wt.% NiO as well as the NiO/MCM-41, the NiO particles on VMT-SiO2 were observed to show a better dispersion as the of 3D MCM-41 channels were easily blocked by large NiO particles. Moreover, on the basis of the H2 temperature-programming reduction results, NiO particles on VMT-SiO2 were more easily reduced than those on MCM-41. These characteristics indicated that NiO/VMT-SiO2 was significantly superior to NiO/MCM-41. The as-obtained NiO/VMT-SiO2 exhibited a CO conversion of 85.9%, CH4 selectivity of 78% at 450°C, 0.1151s−1 turn over frequency at 320°C and a gas hourly space velocity of 20745ml/g/h. All of which were much better than those measured for NiO/MCM-41. We believed that 2D VMT-SiO2 as a new catalyst support open a prospect application of catalyst.
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