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Near 100% CO selectivity in nanoscaled iron-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping methane partial oxidation.

ABSTRACT: Chemical looping methane partial oxidation provides an energy and cost effective route for methane utilization. However, there is considerable CO₂ co-production in current chemical looping systems, rendering a decreased productivity in value-added fuels or chemicals. In this work, we demonstrate that the co-production of CO₂ can be dramatically suppressed in methane partial oxidation reactions using iron oxide nanoparticles embedded in mesoporous silica matrix. We experimentally obtain near 100% CO selectivity in a cyclic redox system at 750-935?°C, which is a significantly lower temperature range than in conventional oxygen carrier systems. Density functional theory calculations elucidate the origins for such selectivity and show that low-coordinated lattice oxygen atoms on the surface of nanoparticles significantly promote Fe-O bond cleavage and CO formation. We envision that embedded nanostructured oxygen carriers have the potential to serve as a general materials platform for redox reactions with nanomaterials at high temperatures.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890731 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Near 100% CO selectivity in nanoscaled iron-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping methane partial oxidation.

Liu Yan Y Qin Lang L Cheng Zhuo Z Goetze Josh W JW Kong Fanhe F Fan Jonathan A JA Fan Liang-Shih LS

Nature communications 20191203 1

Chemical looping methane partial oxidation provides an energy and cost effective route for methane utilization. However, there is considerable CO<sub>2</sub> co-production in current chemical looping systems, rendering a decreased productivity in value-added fuels or chemicals. In this work, we demonstrate that the co-production of CO<sub>2</sub> can be dramatically suppressed in methane partial oxidation reactions using iron oxide nanoparticles embedded in mesoporous silica matrix. We experimen ...[more]

PMID: 31796744

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Near 100% CO selectivity in nanoscaled iron-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping methane partial oxidation.

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