Optimization of Carbon Chemistry in Methane Dry Reforming

The project Optimization of Carbon Chemistry in Methane Dry Reforming is devoted to the activation of reactive carbon during methane dry reforming. The central goal is an optimized design of carbon- resistant intermetallic compound based methane dry reforming catalysts with enhanced long-term activity and thermochemical stability. Through adequate choice of the intermetallic compound precursor structures, we are able to tune the chemical and structural properties of the carbon intermediates within the methane dry reforming reaction network. The recurrent methodological approach is the stringent use of operando catalyst characterization, i.e., in their operational state to establish valid structure-property relationships.