Oxidized diamond supported Ni catalyst for synthesis gas formation from methane

Nakagawa K; Nishimoto H; Enoki Y; Egashira S; Ikenaga NO; Kobayashi T; Nishitani-Gamo M; Ando T; Suzuki T

Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.5, 460-461, 2001

Nakagawa K, Nishimoto H, Enoki Y, Egashira S, Ikenaga NO, Kobayashi T, Nishitani-Gamo M, Ando T, Suzuki T

Oxidized diamond gave the best performance among the support materials of Ni loaded catalysts for the partial oxidation of methane. Ni(5 wt%)/oxidized diamond afforded 20% conversion of methane (CH4/O-2 = 5) to give CO and H-2 ratio of 2.0 at 873 K. Ni(5 wt%)/oxidized diamond also showed high catalytic activity for the CO2 reforming of methane.