TY - GEN A1 - Städter, Matthias A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Rachow, Fabian A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Ambient pressure thermal desorption spectroscopy (AP-TDS) of NiO/SiO2 catalysts T2 - Environmental Earth Sciences N2 - The Sabatier reaction is a key process in the "power-to-gas" application which is considered to con-tribute to future chemical energy storage systems. In this contribution we focus on the catalytic active sites of a NiO catalyst supported on SiO2(NiO/SiO2) which is commonly used in the Sabatier reaction. A novel technique for the characterization of the active sites is presented and dis-cussed using thermal desorption spectroscopy at ambient pressure. This analytical tool is operated under reaction conditions and allows element specific measurements during the catalytic process of CO2 reforming towards methane. Beside the desorption experiments, XPS and XAS measurements of pristine and catalytically used samples are performed to determine the influence of the Sabatier reaction conditions on the surface structure of the catalyst. KW - CO2 KW - NiO KW - TDS KW - XAS KW - XPS Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2835-8 SN - 1866-6280 VL - 70 IS - 8 SP - 3779 EP - 3784 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tallarida, Massimo A1 - Friedrich, Daniel A1 - Städter, Matthias A1 - Michling, Marcel A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Growth of TiO2 with Thermal and Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition T2 - Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Y1 - 2011 SN - 1533-4880 VL - 11 IS - 9 SP - 8049 EP - 8053 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Städter, Matthias A1 - Rachow, Fabian A1 - Hoffmannbeck, David A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Sabatier-based CO2-methanation by catalytic conversion T2 - Environmental Earth Sciences N2 - The catalytic conversion of CO2is an important component for the reintegration of secondary products like CO2 or H2 into the energy supply. An example is the "power to gas’" concept with a conversion of CO2 into CH4. The CO2 is transferred into a carrier of chemical energy, with the possibility to feed the produced CH4 into the existing network of natural gas. At temperatures of around 350 °C, hydrogenation of CO2 to CH4 is possible by the Sabatier reaction CO2+4H2->CH4+H2O. One prerequisite for efficient kinetics of the Sabatier reaction is the application and optimization of catalysts. The focus of catalyst development is given to their performance under the conditions to be expected in the special application. As a part of the project Geoenergy-Research (GeoEn), we address questions related to the catalytic utilization of CO2 produced in the course of the oxyfuel combustion of lignite. In this contribution, we report on the experimental setup in laboratory scale, which enables an advanced characterization of the catalytic performance, including thermodesorption measurements at atmospheric pressure in order to determine the amount of adsorbed CO2 under real conditions. We also show data for activation energies, the catalytic performance as function of temperature and the long time stability of a commercial Ru-based catalyst. KW - CO2 KW - Sabatier reaction KW - Catalysis KW - RuO2 Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2609-3 SN - 1866-6280 VL - 70 IS - 8 SP - 3771 EP - 3778 ER -