Novel Catalytic Systems for Hydrogen Production via the Water-Gas Shift Reaction

Abstract EN

The present work reports on the development of new catalysts for the production of hydrogen via the water-gas shift (WGS) reaction.

In particular, the effect of Ce/La atom ratio on the catalytic performance of 0.5 wt% Pt supported on Ce1−xLaxO2−δ (x=0.0,0.2,0.5,0.8,1.0) mixed metal oxides for the WGS reaction was investigated.

It was found that the addition of 20 at.% La3+ in CeO2 lattice increased significantly the catalytic activity and stability of 0.5 wt% Pt/Ce0.8La0.2O2−δ solid.

More precisely, a lower amount of “carbon” was accumulated on the catalyst surface, whereas surface acidity and basicity studies showed that Ce0.8La0.2O2−δ had the highest concentration of labile oxygen and acid sites, and the lowest concentration of basic sites compared to the other Ce1−xLaxO2−δ mixed metal oxide supports (x=0.2,0.5,0.8).