Unraveling the Role of Alkali on Cobalt Catalyst Performance in Ethanol Steam Reforming by Operando DRIFT Studies and DFT Modeling - reaserch data

The results of physicochemical characterization (XRD, Raman Spectroscopy, operando DRIFT, UV Vis-DRS, XPS) and catalytic activity in the ethanol steam reforming process (ESR) of the alkali doped cobalt catalysts. In this work, we compared the ethanol steam reforming performance of the cobalt catalysts doped with diffrent alkali metals (Na, K, Rb, Cs). We applied sonochemical synthesis for the cobalt deposition. The experimental results were supported by DFT calculations.