Effect of highly dispersed Co3O4 on the catalytic performance of LaCoO3 perovskite in the combustion of lean methane

CHEN Xue; WANG Xue-feng; WANG Xun; DENG Cun-bao; CAO Min-min

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60051-3

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CHEN Xue, WANG Xue-feng, WANG Xun, DENG Cun-bao, CAO Min-min. Effect of highly dispersed Co3O4 on the catalytic performance of LaCoO3 perovskite in the combustion of lean methane[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(3): 367-375. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60051-3

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CHEN Xue, WANG Xue-feng, WANG Xun, DENG Cun-bao, CAO Min-min. Effect of highly dispersed Co₃O₄ on the catalytic performance of LaCoO₃ perovskite in the combustion of lean methane[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(3): 367-375. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60051-3

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Effect of highly dispersed Co₃O₄ on the catalytic performance of LaCoO₃ perovskite in the combustion of lean methane

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60051-3

CHEN Xue^1
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WANG Xue-feng^{1
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WANG Xun^{1, 2
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DENG Cun-bao¹,
CAO Min-min¹

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School of Engineering for Safety and Emergency Management, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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Shanxi Coking Coal Group Co., LTD., Taiyuan 030024, China

Funds: The project was supported by the NSF Joint Foundation Program (U1810206) and the NSF Facial Program (51774172)

Received Date: 2022-04-23
Accepted Date: 2022-06-21
Rev Recd Date: 2022-06-10

Available Online: 2022-07-19

Publish Date: 2023-03-15

Abstract

Abstract

In this work, a series of nano LaCoO₃ perovskite catalysts were effectively synthesized by a sol-gel method through modulating the La/Co molar ratio. These catalysts were characterized by ICP, XRD, N₂ sorption, H₂-TPR, O₂-TPD, and XPS, and their catalytic performance in the lean methane combustion were then investigated. The results indicate that highly dispersed Co₃O₄ nanoparticles on the LaCoO₃ perovskite catalysts are beneficial to the activation of CH₄ at a low temperature, while the La-Co-perovskite bulk phase can provide a large amount of lattice oxygen, which can enhance the reaction rate of methane combustion and the catalytic stability at a high temperature. Through altering the La/Co molar ratio, the dispersion of Co₃O₄ nanoparticles in the La-Co-perovskite catalyst can be effectively modulated, to achieve the concurrence of low-temperature activity and high-temperature stability in the lean methane combustion. In particular, the La_0.9CoO₃ perovskite catalyst with a La/Co molar ratio of 0.9 exhibits excellent performance in lean methane combustion, with a light-off temperature of 382 ℃ at a space velocity of 30000 mL/(g_cat·h), the light-off temperature of methane is 382 ℃, and the methane conversion rate is still maintained above 95% after 72 h of stable operation, indicating that the highly dispersed Co₃O₄ nanoparticles were beneficial to the low-temperature activation of CH₄, and the lanthanum-cobalt-perovskite bulk phase in the catalyst could provide a large amount of lattice oxygen, which promotes the catalytic combustion rate of CH₄ and the high-temperature stability of the catalyst under high-temperature conditions. By modulating the lanthanum-cobalt ratio, the dispersion state of Co₃O₄ nanoparticles in the catalyst can be effectively modulated, and then the effective unification of low-temperature activity and high-temperature stability of the catalyst can be achieved, which guides the future development of low-cost, high-activity and high-stability catalysts for methane catalytic combustion.
- catalytic combustion of lean methane,
- LaCoO₃,
- Co₃O₄,
- high dispersion,
- lattice oxygen

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