The iron-based oxygen carrier with high oxygen transfer capacity has always been the key point in the chemical looping hydrogen generation (CLHG) process. In this study, CeO 2 -modified iron-based oxygen carriers with the porous reticular structure were prepared by the sol−gel method. Samples were tested in a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and lab-scale fixedbed reactor, respectively, to evaluate their capacities of hydrogen production and the resistance to carbon deposition or Fe 3 C formation. The effects of preparation conditions (CeO 2 loading and [C 6 H 8 O 7 •H 2 O]/[PEG400] molar ratio) and experimental conditions (reducing atmosphere and temperature) on the physicochemical properties of CeO 2 -modified iron-based oxygen carriers were investigated. The initial screening test in TGA was done to select the samples with excellent reducibility and strong resistance to carbon deposition or Fe 3 C formation. Subsequent tests in the fixed-bed reactor were conducted to evaluate the redox characteristics and cyclic performance of the selected CeO 2 -modified samples. The results confirmed that iron-based oxygen carriers modified by CeO 2 could effectively inhibit carbon deposition or Fe 3 C formation and the oxygen carrier prepared under the preparation conditions of Fe 2 O 3 /CeO 2 /Al 2 O 3 = 65/5/30 and C 6 H 8 O 7 •H 2 O/PEG400 = 3 stood out from all the candidates by virtue of its high hydrogen production efficiency and the excellent recycle ability in the CLHG process. The oxygen carriers at the optimal reducing atmosphere (CO/H 2 /N 2 = 40/30/30 and the steam oxidation reaction at 900 °C) showed the best performance with the highest hydrogen yield.
Reverse
water gas shift on the basis of chemical looping technology
provides a viable method for efficiently converting CO2 to CO for hydrocarbons at moderate temperature (<750 °C).
However, the commonly available oxygen carrier materials are insufficiently
active because of the degrading effect at relatively low temperatures.
In this paper, we present several Co, Mn codoped ferrites in search
of oxygen carrier materials as highly active redox materials for a
midtemperature chemical looping CO2 splitting process.
The results show that up to ∼142.3 μmol·g–1·min–1 of CO production rate and ∼8.8
mmol·g–1 of CO yield are achieved by Mn0.2Co0.8Fe2O4 at 650 °C.
The production rate and yield of CO of the codoped ferrites during
the CO2 splitting process are comparable to those of the
state-of-the-art perovskites which commonly contain rare-metal elements.
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