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Related: About this forumNew catalyst recycles greenhouse gases into fuel and hydrogen gas
... The catalyst, made from inexpensive and abundant nickel, magnesium, and molybdenum, initiates and speeds up the rate of reaction that converts carbon dioxide and methane into hydrogen gas. It can work efficiently for more than a month.
This conversion is called "dry reforming," where harmful gases, such as carbon dioxide, are processed to produce more useful chemicals that could be refined for use in fuel, plastics, or even pharmaceuticals. It is an effective process, but it previously required rare and expensive metals such as platinum and rhodium to induce a brief and inefficient chemical reaction.
Other researchers had previously proposed nickel as a more economical solution, but carbon byproducts would build up and the surface nanoparticles would bind together on the cheaper metal, fundamentally changing the composition and geometry of the catalyst and rendering it useless...
... The researchers produced nickel-molybdenum nanoparticles under a reductive environment in the presence of a single crystalline magnesium oxide. As the ingredients were heated under reactive gas, the nanoparticles moved on the pristine crystal surface seeking anchoring points. The resulting activated catalyst sealed its own high-energy active sites and permanently fixed the location of the nanoparticlesmeaning that the nickel-based catalyst will not have a carbon build up, nor will the surface particles bind to one another...
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-catalyst-recycles-greenhouse-gases-fuel.html
This conversion is called "dry reforming," where harmful gases, such as carbon dioxide, are processed to produce more useful chemicals that could be refined for use in fuel, plastics, or even pharmaceuticals. It is an effective process, but it previously required rare and expensive metals such as platinum and rhodium to induce a brief and inefficient chemical reaction.
Other researchers had previously proposed nickel as a more economical solution, but carbon byproducts would build up and the surface nanoparticles would bind together on the cheaper metal, fundamentally changing the composition and geometry of the catalyst and rendering it useless...
... The researchers produced nickel-molybdenum nanoparticles under a reductive environment in the presence of a single crystalline magnesium oxide. As the ingredients were heated under reactive gas, the nanoparticles moved on the pristine crystal surface seeking anchoring points. The resulting activated catalyst sealed its own high-energy active sites and permanently fixed the location of the nanoparticlesmeaning that the nickel-based catalyst will not have a carbon build up, nor will the surface particles bind to one another...
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-catalyst-recycles-greenhouse-gases-fuel.html
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New catalyst recycles greenhouse gases into fuel and hydrogen gas (Original Post)
Ghost Dog
Feb 2020
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alwaysinasnit
(5,078 posts)1. K&R Thanks for posting.
safeinOhio
(32,746 posts)2. Hemp, hydrogen economy
can save the planet.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)3. Can save societies...
and reduce damage to nature.