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Effect of metal–support interaction in Ni/SiO2 catalysts on the growth of carbon nanotubes by methane decomposition

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2023, 33(2), pp.477-488
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-022-00438-3
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : September 18, 2022
  • Accepted : November 10, 2022
  • Published : March 1, 2023

Choi Jeong Bin 1 Im Ji Sun 1 Kang Seok Chang 1 Lee Young-Seak 2 Lee Chul-Wee 1

1C1 Gas and Carbon Convergent Research, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)
2Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Chungnam National University

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ABSTRACT

To investigate the effect of the catalyst and metal–support interaction on the methane decomposition behavior and physical properties of the produced carbon, catalytic decomposition of methane (CDM) was studied using Ni/SiO2 catalysts with different metal–support interactions (synthesized based on the presence or absence of urea). During catalyst synthesis, the addition of urea led to uniform and stable precipitation of the Ni metal precursor on the SiO2 support to produce Ni-phyllosilicates that enhanced the metal–support interaction. The resulting catalyst upon reduction showed the formation of uniform Ni0 particles (< 10 nm) that were smaller than those of a catalyst prepared using a conventional impregnation method (~ 80 nm). The growth mechanisms of methane-decomposition-derived carbon nanotubes was base growth or tip growth according to the metal–support interaction of the catalysts synthesized with and without urea, respectively. As a result, the catalyst with Ni-phyllosilicates resulting from the addition of urea induced highly dispersed and strongly interacting Ni0 active sites and produced carbon nanotubes with a small and uniform diameter via the base-growth mechanism. Considering the results, such a Ni-phyllosilicate-based catalyst are expected to be suitable for industrial base grown carbon nanotube production and application since as-synthesized carbon nanotubes can be easily harvested and the catalyst can be regenerated without being consumed during carbon nanotube extraction process.

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