Impact of Ni Particle Size on CO2 Activation and CO Formation During Reforming Process: A Density Functional Theory Study

Impact of Ni Particle Size on CO2 Activation and CO Formation During Reforming Process: A Density Functional Theory Study

A research group of Juntian Niu from Taiyuan University of Technology studied the impact of metal particle size on CO2 activation and CO formation within the DRM reaction. They construct Nix/MgO (x = 13, 25, 37) models to investigate the activation pathways and identify how the particle size significantly influences the DRM reaction's efficiency and the catalyst's resistance to carbon formation.