Improved Methane Catalyst Efficiency

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Improved catalyst turns harmful greenhouse gases into cleaner fuels and feedstocks

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers find way to thwart deactivation of catalysts.

Dry reforming of methane converts methane and carbon dioxide into syngas, a valuable mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Syngas is important because it's a platform for the production of a lot of chemicals of mass consumption.

The team has applied for a patent for their invention as a way to minimize catalytic deactivation.

ORNL 's Polo-Garzon and Zhang used a technique called steady-state isotopic transient kinetic analysis to measure catalyst efficiency.

At Vanderbilt University , Haohong Song and De-en Jiang performed calculations showing that removing water from the zeolite strengthens its interactions with nickel.

Next, the researchers will develop other catalyst formulations for the dry reforming of methane reaction that are stable under a broad range of conditions.

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