Hydrotalcite-dispersed paper-structured catalyst for the dry reforming of methane

A paper-structured catalyst (PSC) is a flexible planar catalyst that can be stacked on the anode of SOFCs and exhibits excellent catalytic activity for the reforming of hydrocarbon fuels at the operating temperature of the SOFC. Although our final goal is the realization of direct internal reforming (DIR) SOFCs fueled by biogas by applying a PSC, the tolerance of PSCs to sulfur impurities in biogas (H2S) must be improved for the practical application of PSCs to DIR-SOFCs operated by biogas. In this study, an inorganic fiber network in which a layered double hydroxide (Mg/Al-hydrotalcite denoted as HT) is dispersed was prepared by a paper-making process, and Ni was then loaded in this paper matrix via an impregnation process. This Ni-loaded HT-dispersed PSC exhibited considerably higher tolerance to H2S than that of HT-free PSC.