CO2 Methanation over Ru/TiO2 Catalysts under UV Irradiation and Heating

doi:10.15541/jim20140192

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CO₂ hydrogenation was carried out over Ru/TiO₂ catalysts prepared by wet impregnation method. It was found that CO₂ methanation (CO₂ + 4H₂ → CH₄ + 2H₂O) could be catalyzed by Ru/TiO₂ both under UV irradiation and heating. Results showed that CH₄ was the only C-contained product under UV irradiation in temperature range from 150-350℃, while both CH₄ and CO (minor product) were formed at temperature higher than 400℃ under heating conditions. This indicated that reaction temperature affected obviously on selectivities of products. For all the catalysts with different Ru loadings, CO₂ conversion increased firstly and then decreased from 150℃ to 550℃, and corresponding maximum value of CO₂ conversion of 77.58% was achieved at 350℃ over 1.5wt% Ru/TiO₂ catalysts. Further increasing of reaction temperature over 400℃ led to the increase of CO selectivity. Based on reaction data, XRD, XPS and N₂ adsorption-desorption characterization results, we found that CO₂ hydrogenation occurred in different ways under UV irradiation and heating conditions (150-550℃). Under UV irradiation, excited electrons were firstly trapped by Ru site and then these electrons reduced CO₂ species, which was adsorbed on Ru surface to form CH₄ via RuC intermediate. However, under heating condition (150-550℃), H₂ was first decomposed into H atoms over Ru site, then the adsorbed CO₂ species on Ru site was reduced by H atoms to form RuC intermediate. Finally, RuC reacted with H atoms to produce CH₄. Although CO₂ hydrogenation was taken place via same intermediate under UV irradiation and heating conditions, the RuC intermediate was formed in different ways, i.e., the activation of CO₂ was induced in the different routes, therefore the different selectivities of products were obtained under UV irradiation and heating at temperature higher than 400℃ consequently.

Key words: photocatalytic, heating, CO2 hydrogenation, Ru

CLC Number:

O643

CHEN Shu-Qing, Lü Gong-Xuan. CO₂ Methanation over Ru/TiO₂ Catalysts under UV Irradiation and Heating[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2014, 29(12): 1287-1293.

Figures/Tables 7

Fig. 1 XRD patterns of Ru/P25 samples

Table 1 Physicochemical properties of the support and Ru/P25 catalysts

Catalyst	S_BET /(m²·g^-1)	V_pore /(cm³·g^-1)	D_pore /nm
P25	50.5	0.54	44.4
0.5%Ru/P25	48.3	0.26	21.5
1.0%Ru/P25	45.7	0.25	21.9
1.5%Ru/P25	49.7	0.28	22.6
2.0%Ru/P25	46.6	0.24	21.0
1.5%Ru/P25 (used)^a	46.8	0.23	21.2

Fig. 2 XPS spectra of Ru/P25 (a) 0.5% Ru/P25; (b) 1.0% Ru/P25; (c) 1.5% Ru/P25; (d) 2.0% Ru/P25; (e) 1.5% Ru/P25 (used)

Fig. 3 Thermal analysis (TG-DSC) curves of 1.5% Ru/P25 (used)

Fig. 4 Variation of CH4 yield with UV irradiation time over 0.5%-2.0% Ru/P25 at ambient temperature(H2/CO2= 4: 1)

Fig. 5 Conversion of CO2 (a), CH4 selectivity (b) and CO sele-c-tivity (c) over the 0.5%-2.0% Ru/P25 catalyst at different temperatures Reaction conditions: 0.3 g catalyst; H2: CO2=4: 1; T=350℃, P = 105 Pa

Fig. 6 Stability test for CO2 hydrogenation over 1.5% Ru/P25. Reaction conditions: 0.3 g catalyst; H2: CO2=4: 1; T=350℃; P =105 Pa

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