High activity in the dry reforming of methane using a thermally switchable double perovskite and <i>in situ</i> generated molecular level nanocomposite
Akbar Hossain, Monotosh Bhattacharjee, Kalyan Ghorai, Jordi Llorca, М. Vasundhara, Sounak Roy, Parthasarathi Bera, Md. Motin Seikh, Arup Gayen
Abstract
La 2 MnNiO 6 (left) decomposes to constituent metal/metal oxides (right), molecular level nanocomposite, during DRM without altering their original positions in the double perovskite at ≥600 °C and hence both the phases show identical DRM activity.
Topics & Concepts
NanocompositePerovskite (structure)In situMethaneMetalChemical engineeringMaterials scienceChemistryInorganic chemistryNanotechnologyCrystallographyOrganic chemistryMetallurgyEngineeringCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysts for Methane ReformingCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions