Research progress on liquid metal catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen

TIAN Mengyuan; WANG Ying; SUN Xi; FU Jie; LU Lu; LI Hui

doi:10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20240355

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Research progress on liquid metal catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen

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- Research progress on liquid metal catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen
- Vol. 50, Issue 6, Pages: 148-156(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  1.大连交通大学材料科学与工程学院，辽宁大连 116028
  2.中国科学院大连化学物理研究所，辽宁大连 116023
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- DOI：10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20240355
  CLC： TQ116.2
- Received：28 August 2024，
  
  Revised：28 September 2024，
  
  Published：25 June 2025
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田梦圆,王莹,孙曦等.甲烷裂解制氢用液态金属催化剂研究进展[J].低碳化学与化工,2025,50(06):148-156.

TIAN Mengyuan,WANG Ying,SUN Xi,et al.Research progress on liquid metal catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2025,50(06):148-156.
田梦圆,王莹,孙曦等.甲烷裂解制氢用液态金属催化剂研究进展[J].低碳化学与化工,2025,50(06):148-156. DOI： 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20240355.

TIAN Mengyuan,WANG Ying,SUN Xi,et al.Research progress on liquid metal catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2025,50(06):148-156. DOI： 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20240355.

摘要

发展氢能是实现“双碳”目标、保障国家能源安全的必要选择。甲烷裂解制氢是一种将甲烷转化为氢气的有效方法，具有广泛的应用前景。将液态金属催化剂用于催化甲烷裂解制氢，可实现碳减排，解决传统甲烷裂解制氢技术存在的高能耗、低产率以及催化剂失活等问题。综述了甲烷裂解制氢机理，总结了液态金属催化剂研究进展，分析了液态金属单原子催化甲烷裂解制氢的可行性与优越性。液态金属的流动性可解决催化剂因结焦而失活的问题，同时液态金属具有较低的熔点，可在一定程度上降低甲烷裂解体系所需温度。甲烷裂解制氢用液态金属单原子催化剂的开发和利用可大幅提升甲烷转化率，并通过反应获得更多的氢气和高附加值碳产品。

Abstract

The development of hydrogen energy is an effective method for achieving the “dual carbon” goals and ensuring national energy security. Methane cracking to produce hydrogen is an important process for converting methane into hydrogen

and has broad application prospects. Liquid metal catalysts have been employed in methane cracking to produce hydrogen

facilitating carbon emission reduction and addressing the challenges of high energy consumption

low production yield and catalyst deactivation in traditional methane cracking technologies. The mechanisms of methane cracking to produce hydrogen were summarized. The current research progress on liquid metal catalysts was analyzed. The feasibility and superiority of single-atom liquid metal catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen were studied. The fluidity of liquid metals can mitigate catalyst deactivation caused by coking. At the same time

liquid metals have relatively low melting points

which can to some extent reduce the temperature of methane cracking systems. The development and utilization of liquid metal single-atom catalysts for methane cracking to produce hydrogen can significantly improve methane conversion rates and obtain more hydrogen and high added value carbon products through reactions.

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