Ni-based catalysts for low temperature methane steam reforming: Recent results on Ni-Au and comparison with other bi-metallic systems

Catalysts

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-583

  Wu, Hongjing ^a,b   La Parola, Valeria ^a   Pantaleo, Giuseppe ^a   Puleo, Fabrizio P ^a,c   Venezia, Anna M ^a   Liotta, Leonarda F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bimetallic; Gold; Hydrocarbons steam reforming; Nickel; Support modification; Surface alloy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906877349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal3020563     Document Type: Review

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