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Ni/C nanostructures: Impregnating-method preparation, textural and structural features, and catalytic property for the hydrogen production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2013

Félix Galindo-Hernández ,
Jin-An Wang ,
Lifang Chen ,
Xim Bokhimi ,
Alejandro Pérez-Larios  and
Ricardo Gómez
Félix Galindo-Hernández*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.), 01000 México City, México; ESIQIE, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07738 México D. F., México; and Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, D.F. 09340, México
Jin-An Wang
Affiliation:
ESIQIE, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07738 México D. F., México
Lifang Chen
Affiliation:
ESIQIE, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 07738 México D. F., México
Xim Bokhimi
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.), 01000 México City, México
Alejandro Pérez-Larios
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, D.F. 09340, México
Ricardo Gómez
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, D.F. 09340, México
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: felixgalindo@gmail.com
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Abstract

A series of Ni/C catalysts with different Ni content (15, 20, and 30 wt% Ni) were prepared by the wet incipient impregnation method. Their textural properties were studied by surface fractal dimension (Ds) and nonlocal density functional theory using nitrogen sorption data. Their structural properties were studied by x-ray diffraction, Rietveld refinement, radial distribution functions (RDFs), and electron density maps of Fourier. Surface areas of Ni/C catalysts decreases slightly from 614 to 533 m2/g as Ni content increases from 15 to 30 wt%; however, the Ni crystallite size (5.1–31.4 nm) increases as the nickel content increases. Many point defects were found by Rietveld refinement in nickel nanostructures of Ni/C catalysts with 20 and 30 wt% Ni. This was confirmed by RDFs and electronic density maps. On the other hand, the hydrogen production via the photodehydrogenation of ethanol is very sensitive to the nickel crystallite size and the number Ni atoms in nickel nanostructures. The maximum reaction rate (363.64 μmol/h) is achieved on Ni/C catalyst with 15 Wt% Ni content which has the smallest crystallite size (5.1 nm) and less point defects in its nickel nanostructures. Ab initio calculations were performed to propose a reaction mechanism in the photodehydrogenation of ethanol.

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Ni/C catalystsRietveld refinementnickel nanostructuresnickel point defectselectron density mapsDFThydrogen productionethanol photodehydrogenation
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 28 , Issue 23 , 14 December 2013 , pp. 3297 - 3309
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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