High Performance Tunable Catalysts Prepared by Using 3D Printing
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Chaparro Garnica, Cristian Yesid; Bailón García, Esther; Davó Quiñonero, Arantxa; Da Costa, Patrick; Lozano Castelló, Dolores; Bueno López, AgustínEditorial
MDPI
Materia
3D printing Carbon monoliths Morphology control Porosity control CO2 methanation
Date
2021Referencia bibliográfica
Chaparro-Garnica, C.Y.; Bailón-García, E.; Davó-Quiñonero, A.; Da Costa, P.; Lozano-Castelló, D.; Bueno-López, A. High Performance Tunable Catalysts Prepared by Using 3D Printing. Materials 2021, 14, 5017. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14175017
Résumé
Honeycomb monoliths are the preferred supports in many industrial heterogeneous
catalysis reactions, but current extrusion synthesis only allows obtaining parallel channels. Here,
we demonstrate that 3D printing opens new design possibilities that outperform conventional
catalysts. High performance carbon integral monoliths have been prepared with a complex network
of interconnected channels and have been tested for carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methane after
loading a Ni/CeO2 active phase. CO2 methanation rate is enhanced by 25% at 300 ◦C because the
novel design forces turbulent flow into the channels network. The methodology and monoliths
developed can be applied to other heterogeneous catalysis reactions, and open new synthesis options
based on 3D printing to manufacture tailored heterogeneous catalysts.