Carbon dioxide reforming of methane (CDRM) was studied over a variety of ZrO 2 -, ceria-doped ZrO 2 -, and CeO 2 –ZrO 2 -supported Ni catalysts. Different techniques were used to prepare supports material having different physicochemical properties, and a correlation was established to show the importance of a robust support material. Various characterization of the catalyst further established that the coking behavior of the catalyst depends on the support preparation techniques. Compared to zirconia and ceria-doped zirconia, the use of ceria–zirconia (Ce x Zr 1– x O 2 ) solid solution as a support prepared by using a surfactant was found to be the most stable for low-temperature CDRM. It seems the inhibition of reactions leading to carbon deposition is prominent in systems having ZrO 2 . Temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO) experiments indicated excellent resistance toward carbon formation for Ni supported on Ce x Zr 1– x O 2 compared with other catalysts studied. H 2 -TPR (temperature-programmed reduction) analyses also showed that the stability of Ce x Zr 1– x O 2 solid solution is a function of its enhanced reducibility at lower temperatures as compared to either pure ceria or ceria-doped ZrO 2 . Based on all the catalysts studied, 5% Ni Ce 0.6 Zr 0.4 O 2 was found to be the best catalyst as activity was stable for up to 100 h at 650 and 700 °C, while at 800 °C the catalyst activity remained stable for more than 200 h.
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Kumar et al. (2007) studied this question.