Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (8): 1300.

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Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas over Pt/Al2O3and Pt/CeO2/Al2O3

YAN Qian-Gu1, GAO Li-Zhen1, YUAN Song-Yue2, YU Zuo-Long1   

  1. 1. Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041;
    2. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022
  • Received:1997-06-23 Online:1998-08-24 Published:1998-08-24

Abstract: The catalytic oxidation of methane to syngas has been carried out over Pt/Al2O3and Pt/CeO2/Al2O3.It was found that the catalysts with ceria exhibit a higher activity and selectivity than those without ceria. The catalysts were characterized by means of TPR, TPD, SEM EDX and XRD. There is a strong interaction between ceria and platinum under the reaction condition, which increase the dispersion of platinum over catalysts, preventing the sinter of the Pt particles. As a result of the synergistic effect between Pt and ceria, the activity of Pt/Al2O3for combustion reaction was suppressed, the activity and selectivity for partial oxidation were improved greatly. Another role of ceria in the catalyst is the enhancing of the WGSR, which leads to the increase of the selectivity of catalyst for hydrogen and accelerating the equilibrium of the reaction.

Key words: Methane, Catalytic partial oxidation, Syngas, Pt/CeO2/Al2O3

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