Environmental and Chemical Engineering Department, University of Calabria, Rende, 87036, Italy.
Civil Engineering, Energy, Environmental and Materials Department, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 89124, Italy.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2019 Jun 1;19(6):3135-3147. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2019.16651.
The manuscript deals on the main progress achieved by global scientific research on the development of nanostructured catalysts for dry-reforming reaction. The importance to have a global vision on this topic is strictly related to the most currently and important challenges in the sustainable energy production. In fact, dry-reforming is one of the few known processes in which greenhouse gases are utilized as reactants (methane and carbon dioxide) to produce syngas. Syngas represents the basis for liquid fuel production by Fischer-Tropsch process. In this broad and current context, the catalyst development plays a pivotal role due to its great influence on efficiency, and therefore on the costs, of the whole process. Several are the aspects to consider during the catalyst design: role of metal, interaction between metal and support, role of promoters and resistance to the coke deactivation. These issues, as well as the thermodynamics of the process, are the main aspects of which this review speaks about.
本文主要介绍了全球在开发用于干重整反应的纳米结构催化剂方面取得的主要进展。在可持续能源生产中，目前最重要的挑战之一是需要对这一主题有一个全球的视角。事实上，干重整是为数不多的已知过程之一，其中温室气体（甲烷和二氧化碳）被用作反应物来生产合成气。合成气是通过费托工艺生产液体燃料的基础。在这个广泛而当前的背景下，由于催化剂对整个过程的效率（因此对成本）有很大的影响，因此催化剂的开发起着关键作用。在催化剂设计中需要考虑几个方面：金属的作用、金属与载体之间的相互作用、促进剂的作用以及抗焦炭失活的能力。这些问题以及过程的热力学是这篇综述所讨论的主要方面。
