Project 20: metallic nanoparticles supported as catalysts for the CO preferential oxidation reaction

• Grant number: 16/21227-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Agreement: BG E&P Brasil (Shell Group)
• Principal Investigator: Reinaldo Giudici
• Grantee: Geórgia Barbalho Leal
• Host Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN). Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico (São Paulo - Estado). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/50279-4 - Brasil Research Centre for Gas Innovation, AP.PCPE

Abstract

The demand for new energy and more efficient technologies vectors suggest that the use of hydrogen gas in the fuel PEM cells for the production of electricity in mobile applications is one of the best alternatives to current internal combustion engines. However, such gas must have a much higher purity than presently obtained by catalytic reforming process of methane gas. CO is the primary contaminant which must be removed for proper operation of PEM cells. The best strategy is its oxidation to CO2 by means of catalysts at low temperatures. These catalysts are usually composed of metal particles dispersed in oxides. In this work, we will be prepared Au-TiO2 catalysts and Au-SnO2 / TiO2 evaluating its catalytic activity for CO removal in H2 rich mixtures. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LEAL, GEORGIA BARBALHO; CIOTTI, LIGIA; WATACABE, BEATRIZ NAOMY; LOUREIRO DA SILVA, DANIELA C.; ANTONIASSI, RODOLFO M.; SILVA, JULIO CESAR M.; LINARDI, MARCELO; GIUDICI, REINALDO; VAZ, JORGE MOREIRA; SPINACE, V, ESTEVAM. Preparation of Au/TiO2 by a facile method at room temperature for the CO preferential oxidation reaction. Catalysis Communications, v. 116, p. 38-42, NOV 2018. (17/15469-5, 14/50279-4, 16/21227-1, 14/09087-4)