Cu-Ni-Al尖晶石催化甲醇重整制氢:Al含量的影响

采用固相球磨法制备了Al含量不等的Cu-Ni-Al三元尖晶石固溶体催化剂，通过BET、XRD、H₂-TPR、XPS表征和催化性能评价，研究了Al含量对Cu-Ni-Al尖晶石的物化性质和甲醇制氢缓释催化性能的影响。结果表明，恒定Cu：Ni（molar ratio）=0.95：0.05，增加Al含量时（Al=2、3、4），所得催化剂的比表面积和孔体积都明显增大，且尖晶石晶胞常数和晶粒尺寸均减小，催化剂也变得难以还原。进一步研究发现，随着Al含量增加，尖晶石Ni²⁺含量略微增加，但尖晶石Cu²⁺含量大幅降低，因此，尖晶石结构中Cu²⁺和Ni²⁺的总量降低，表明Ni²⁺的存在抑制了Cu²⁺进入尖晶石结构。表面分析结果证实，Al含量增加导致催化剂表面由富Cu转变为富Al，表层尖晶石Cu²⁺含量降低，但仍高于体相含量。评价结果显示，随着Al含量增加，反应初始活性增大，CO选择性降低，但Al过量太多时催化稳定性降低，综合来说，Al=3的催化剂表现出较好的催化性能。结果表明，对于Cu-Ni-Al尖晶石缓释催化剂，存在最佳Al含量，对催化稳定性起到关键作用。

Cu-Ni-Al spinel catalyzed methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production: Effect of Al content

Cu-Ni-Al ternary spinel solid solution catalysts with different Al content are prepared by the solid-phase ball milling method. The characterizations with XRD, H₂-TPR, BET and XPS, and catalytic performance testing are carried out to study the effects of Al content on the physicochemical properties of the Cu-Ni-Al spinels and their sustained release catalytic performances in methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production. Characterization results show a significant increase in the specific surface area and pore volume of the catalysts with increasing the Al content (Al = 2, 3, 4) at a constant Cu/Ni molar ratio of 0.95∶0.05. At the same time, both the cell parameters and crystallite sizes of Cu-Ni-Al spinel solid solutions decrease, and the catalysts become difficult to be reduced. Furthermore, the content of spinel Ni²⁺ increases slightly while the spinel Cu²⁺ decreases significantly, leading to a declined total content of spinel Cu²⁺ plus Ni²⁺. The results also indicate that the presence of Ni²⁺ inhibits the formation of spinel Cu²⁺. Surface analysis results show that the increase of Al content transforms the catalyst surface composition from Cu-rich to Al-rich, and the surface spinel Cu²⁺ decreases, but it is still higher than the spinel bulk. The catalyst testing results show that as the Al content in the catalysts increases, the initial activity increases notably, and the CO selectivity decreases, but too much Al results in an inferior catalytic stability. In general, the catalyst with an Al = 3 shows a better catalytic performance in terms of activity and stability. The results of this paper demonstrate that there is an optimal Al content for the Cu-Ni-Al spinel solid solutions used as the sustained release catalysts, playing a crucial role in obtaining high catalytic stability.