Reforming Catalysts
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2016) | Viewed by 87752
Special Issue Editor
Interests: high-resolution analytical electron microscopy in catalysis; structure-activity correlations in pure and complex oxide catalysts; interfacial engineering of the metal-oxide phase boundary; reactive activation of intermetallic compounds in catalysis; mechanism of methanol and methane steam reforming reactions; preparation and characterization of complex oxide, bi- and multimetallic thin film catalyst systems; operando and in situ structural and spectroscopic studies of catalysts
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Dear Colleagues,
Steam reforming of hydrocarbons (mostly methane) or alcohols (mostly methanol and ethanol) is one of the most promising and effective routes to enhanced hydrogen production. The most crucial step of this reaction is the efficient water activation, which is a necessary prerequisite for both a high CO2 selectivity and an associated high hydrogen yield. The reactions have been studied on a variety of different catalytic surfaces encompassing oxides, supported metal-oxide systems or (supported) intermetallic compounds likewise. The controllable steering of product selectivity is thereby an obvious key criterion for technical usage. For methanol steam reforming, the key targets—apart from pronounced CO2 selectivity—are, thus, a maximum hydrogen yield and a low CO content in the reformate to realize the efficient on-board production of clean hydrogen in, e.g., automotive applications. Given the structural and chemical complexity and diversity of the materials used, the question about the common elementary reaction steps of the steam reforming reaction is imperative. For structurally complexer materials, such as the recently-put-forward oxide-supported Pd-based intermetallic phases, a bifunctional synergism is usually assumed, where the participating catalytic entities (or the in situ created interface) synergistically act in the catalytic reaction.
This particular Special Issue of Catalysts is, therefore, aimed at providing details and showing promising state-of-the-art research on latest developments in unraveling the mechanisms of the steam reforming reaction on a variety of different catalytic material classes, including oxides, metal-oxide systems and intermetallic compounds.
Dr. Simon Penner
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- methanol steam reforming
- hydrocarbon steam reforming
- water activation
- CO2 selectivity
- intermetallic compounds
- oxides
- bifunctional synergism
- metal-oxide interface
- mechanism
- hydrogen production
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