中南大学学报(英文版)

J. Cent. South Univ. (2020) 27: 1074-1103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-020-4352-8

Hydrogen generation from methanol reforming for fuel cell applications: A review

SUN Zhao(孙朝), SUN Zhi-qiang(孙志强)

School of Energy Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

Abstract:

Methanol is regarded as an important liquid fuel for hydrogen storage, transportation, and in-situ generation due to its convenient conveyance, high energy density, and low conversion temperature. In this work, an overview of state-of-the-art investigations on methanol reforming is critically summarized, including the detailed introduction of methanol conversion pathways from the perspective of fuel cell applications, various advanced materials design for catalytic methanol conversion, as well as the development of steam methanol reformers. For the section of utilization pathways, reactions such as steam reforming of methanol, partial oxidation of methanol, oxidative steam reforming of methanol, and sorption-enhanced steam methanol reforming were elaborated; For the catalyst section, the strategies to enhance the catalytic activity and other comprehensive performances were summarized; For the reactor section, the newly designed steam methanol reformers were thoroughly described. This review will benefit researchers from both fundamental research and fuel cell applications in the field of catalyzing methanol to hydrogen.

Key words:

methanol reforming; hydrogen generation; fuel cell; catalyst; reformer；

Cite this article as:

SUN Zhao, SUN Zhi-qiang. Hydrogen generation from methanol reforming for fuel cell applications: A review [J]. Journal of Central South University, 2020, 27(4): 1074-1103.

DOI:https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-020-4352-8

1 Introduction

Energy is the driving force and lifeline of the national economy. Energy development, as well as rational and effective utilization is the headspring of the entire social development. At present, the political and economic structure of the world has undergone profound adjustments, and the relationship between energy supply and demand has gone through deep changes. The energy and resources are increasingly constrained, ecological and environmental issues are prominent, and the pressure to adjust the economic structure, improve energy efficiency, and ensure energy security is further increased. Energy development faces a series of new problems and challenges [1].

Fuel cells are electrochemical energy devices that directly convert the chemical energy of a fuel into electrical energy, also known as an electrochemical generator. It belongs to the fourth generation technology after hydroelectric power generation, thermal power generation, and atomic power generation. The fuel cells can convert part of the chemicals’ Gibbs free energy into electrical energy by an electrochemical reaction, which is not restricted by the Carnot cycle effect, resulting in a higher efficiency compared to the conventional power generation technology. Thus, the fuel cells are seen as one of the most promising energy power plants from the perspective of energy conservation and ecological protection.

According to the operation temperature, the fuel cells can be divided into low-temperature fuel cells and high-temperature fuel cells [2]. Common low-temperature fuel cells include alkaline fuel cells (AFCs), phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs), and polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), etc. Fuel cells such as molten carbon fuel cells (MCFCs) and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are operated at high temperatures [3, 4]. Power generation with applied PEMFCs is a new power generation technology and its broad application can be comparable with computer technology, especially in the transportation applications due to its high power output, fast response time, high energy-conversion efficiency, and continuous power supply mode. The unit cell is composed of an anode, a cathode, and a proton exchange membrane (PEM). Taking hydrogen as the fuel, H₂ is oxidized at the anode, the protons are transported through the PEM to the cathode and the electrons are transported via the external circuit to the cathode. At the cathode, the protons from the anode are combined with the electrons, which reduces the oxygen with water generation. The typical operation procedures of PEMFC are presented in Figure 1 and the involved reactions are as follows:

                   (1)

             (2)

Figure 1 Operating principle of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

With the development of PEMFCs, different types of membrane materials can be operated at different temperatures. For instance, the PEMFCs loaded with perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes are generally operated at 80 °C or lower ones. Such low operating temperatures result in a very high requirement on the carbon monoxide concentration because the Pt-based catalysts perform very low resistance to CO, generally no more than 50×10^-6 in the case of the deactivation. The high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs) can be operated at 120-200 °C with phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole membranes being utilized as the FEMS which can enhance the CO tolerance up to 3×10^-2.

Hydrogen energy is considered to be the next generation of secondary clean energy to solve the increasingly serious energy crisis and environment pollution due to its high energy density and zero greenhouse gas emission [5]. More importantly, hydrogen has been proved to be the most suitable energy carrier for PEMFCs. However, hydrogen is different from fossil fuels, which cannot be directly obtained or exploited from the natural environment. Conventionally, hydrogen is generated from methane steam reforming; the process is much complicated which generally goes through methane desulfurization, reforming, water-gas shift, and CO₂ removal/PSA, etc. Besides, the safe storage and transportation of hydrogen have also been the obstacles to the wide deployment of hydrogen energy [6]. Methanol can be also directly utilized in PEMFCs, nevertheless, performing limited oxidation kinetics, leading to its crossover from the anode to the cathode.

Compared with hydrogen generation from fossil fuels at high temperatures, in situ hydrogen production from oxygenated fuels such as methanol and ethanol at relatively low temperatures is mostly preferred. Moreover, utilizing liquid fuels as the hydrogen carrier could be an efficient choice for hydrogen transportation and hydrogen storage [7]. Methanol is seen as a promising hydrogen carrier among the liquid fuels to produce hydrogen due to the absence of C—C bonds, leading to a lower temperature for methanol conversion. Hydrogen production from methanol conversion performs the advantages of low sulfur content, high-volume energy density, and high H/C mole ratio, making it attractive for in-situ hydrogen production [8-10]. Methanol is generated mostly from fossil fuels such as natural gas or syngas from coal. It is to be noted that methanol can be also considered a renewable feedstock because it can be obtained from biomass-derived syngas.

This work summarizes 1) the recent five years’ developments on the technologies from methanol to hydrogen; 2) the latest progress on the catalysts for methanol conversion; 3) the newly developed methanol steam reformers for efficient methanol conversion. Methanol decomposition (MD) tends to occur at relatively high temperatures, which dissociates methanol into hydrogen and carbon monoxide. High-concentration carbon monoxide is not conductive to PEMFCs and thus it is not further discussed in this study.

2 Utilization pathways

In this part, several approaches for converting methanol to hydrogen were described which mainly include steam reforming of methanol (SRM), partial oxidation of methanol (POM), oxidative steam reforming of methanol (OSRM), and sorption- enhanced steam methanol reforming as presented in Figure 2 [11-14]. The SRM can be classified into thermo-catalytic methanol steam reforming, photo- catalytic methanol steam reforming, high- temperature methanol steam reforming, and aqueous-phase reforming of methanol in detail. The methanol conversion can be judged by H₂/CO₂ mole ratios: 1) As for SRM, the n(H₂)/n(CO₂) mole ratio should be equal to 3; 2) For POM, the oxygen participates the partial oxidation of methanol, resulting in the mole ratio of n(H₂)/n(CO₂)=2; 3) The OSRM reaction meets 2<>₂)/n(CO₂)<3 because both steam and oxygen involve the methanol conversion; 4) The n(H₂)/n(CO₂) mole ratio of SE-SMR is higher than 3 because the produced CO₂ from methanol can be absorbed by the specific adsorbent such as MgO-based CO₂ sorbent or MgO-hydrotalcite.

2.1 Steam reforming of methanol

Of the methanol conversion technologies, SRM reaction is an endothermic reaction, which produces the highest yield of hydrogen and the highest H₂ to CO₂ mole ratio. Based on the existing research, the SRM processes can be mainly classified into thermos-catalytic methanol steam reforming, photo-catalytic methanol steam reforming, high-temperature methanol steam reforming, and aqueous-phase reforming of methanol. The main reaction of SRM is shown below:

Steam reforming of methanol:

                 (3)

2.1.1 Thermo-catalytic methanol steam reforming

Thermo-catalytic methanol steam reforming is the most industrial kind of mature technology [15-17]. It is also the most commonly employed process to produce hydrogen from methanol. Besides the overall reaction as shown in Reaction (3), two side reactions are commonly considered, which are methanol decomposition and water-gas shift reaction seen below:

                       (4)

                     (5)

Side reactions are prone to occur especially under a low steam-to-methanol mole ratio, which accompanied by the formation of dimethyl ether, methane, and methyl-formate, etc. [18-20]. The reactions involved are presented below:

      (6)

     (7)

   (8)

  (9)

        (10)

Thermodynamic calculation of SRM related processes was conducted for parameter optimization and thermodynamic performance analysis. OZCAN et al [21] performed an optimization study on the SRM process integrated with HT-PEMFC by using ASPEN Plus. Parameters such as temperature, pressure, and n(H₂O)/n(CH₃OH) mole ratio on the product distribution were thoroughly discussed. Simulation results indicate that the optimized temperature, pressure, and n(H₂O)/n(CH₃OH) for the production of HT-PEMFC-grade hydrogen were identified to be 246 °C, 1.01×10⁵ Pa, and n(H₂O)/n(CH₃OH)=5.6. Further, the carbon monoxide concentration is ranged from 30×10^-6 to 1700×10^-6 within the optimized conditions, which can be used at the anode of HT-PEMFC.

Figure 2 Methanol conversion pathways:

Considering that the SRM reaction is endothermic, some researchers proposed the integrated system for heat recovery of SRM as well as achieving poly-generation. WU et al [22] utilized a heat recovery system to heat the reforming gas in a methanol steam reformer, integrating with a diesel engine and a cooled exhaust gas recirculation device for smoke, PM2.5, and NO_x emissions reduction. The flowchart of the related experimental setup is shown in Figure 3. Their setup mainly composed of a single-cylinder diesel engine, an eddy-current dynamometer, operation panel, methanol steam reforming system, flame trapper, exhaust gas recirculation unit, and detection system. Results show that the maximum heat recovery efficiency can increase by 17.5% and the integrated system achieves the energy saving and pollutants decreasing.

WANG et al [23] studied the thermodynamic performance of a fuel cell tri-generation system as displayed in Figure 4, which consisted of a solar heat collection system, a methanol steam reforming system, a fuel cell power system, and a recovered heat utilization system. The thermodynamic simulation results indicate that the system efficiencies under the summer and winter designing conditions are 73.7% and 51.7%, and the systematic exergy efficiencies are 18.8% and 26.1%, respectively. Therefore, the heat required by SRM reaction can be compensated by a poly-generation system. HOSSEINI et al [24] came up with a multi-generation system, which comprised of a MCFC system coupled with SRM, methanol synthesis process with the distillation process, as well as combined heat and power cycle as displayed in Figure 5. The entire system can simultaneously produce electricity, pure methanol, and hot water under the overall exergy destruction, exergy efficiency, and energy efficiency at 116353 kW, 58.4%, and 83.7%, respectively.

Figure 3 Experimental setup of combustion engine equipped with waste heat recovery system for reforming gas heating and smoke, PM2.5, and NOx emissions reduction (1-Diesel engine; 2, 3, 4, 5-Fuel-injection devices; 6-Flame trapper; 7, 8-Signal processors; 9-Operation panel; 10-Exhaust gas chamber; 11, 12, 13, 14-Monitoring devices; 15, 16-Eddy-current dynamometer; 17-Preheating pipe; 18, 31-Flowmeters; 19-Temperature sensor; 20-Reforming body; 21-Pump; 22-Methanol-aqueous storage device; 23, 24, 25-Devices for transporting/storing hydrogen-rich gas; 26-Inlet chamber; 27, 29-Valves; 28-Exhaust gas cooler; 30-Carbon absorber; 32, 33-Electric heating device) [22]

Three reaction pathways for the thermo- catalytic methanol steam reforming have been proposed by the researchers. The first one is the methanol decomposition followed by water-gas shift, which is doubtful based on the experimental and DFT calculation results. SANTACESARIA et al [25] explored the SRM reaction using Cu-Zn catalysts. Results indicate that the CO concentration is much lower than the equilibrium concentration of water-gas shift reaction. Pathway II and pathway III pointed out that methyl-formate and formaldehyde are the main intermediates, respectively. YI et al [26] verified the generation of methyl-formate on the Au/CeO₂ surface via in-situ temperature program surface reaction (TPSR). Other researchers proposed that formaldehyde (HCHO) is the important intermediate during SRM over copper and group VIII (Rh, Pd, and Pt, etc.) metal-based catalysts [27, 28]. It is identified that methanol is dehydrogenated to formaldehyde followed by a nucleophilic attack of H₂O to form formic acid, further decomposing to H₂ and CO₂. The above-mentioned investigations reveal that the reaction pathways of SRM seem to be diverse under different catalysts or conditions, which deserves further explorations.

Figure 4 Flowchart of electricity, cooling, and heating multi-generation system integrated with solar methanol reforming (1, 2, 3, 4-Heattransferoil; 5, 6, 7-Fuel mixed with methanol and desalinated water; 8-Vaporized methanol; 9, 10, 11-Synthesis gas with unreacted vaporized methanol; 12-Synthesis gas; 13-Liquid methanol and water; 14, 16-Hydrogen; 15-CO/CO₂; 17-Air; 18, 19-Waste heat form PAFC; 20, 21-Steam; 22, 23-Hot/chilled water; 24-Electricity) [23]

Figure 5 Flowchart of integrated MCFC, SRM, and methanol synthesis process, and combined heat and power cycle [24]

2.1.2 Photo-catalytic methanol steam reforming

Photo-catalytic SRM technology is a newly developed method for methanol utilization. The conventional SRM meets these challenges: Copper- based catalyst is efficient at the temperature higher than 250 °C. Nevertheless, such temperature would result in the occurrence of side reactions such as methanol decomposition with higher carbon monoxide being obtained. Moreover, relatively high temperatures will cause the incensement of energy consumption as well as catalyst sintering and agglomeration. Based on the above-mentioned problems, SUN et al [29] utilized a photo-assisted method for methanol steam reforming, in which photon energy was introduced to decrease the reaction temperature of SRM. Photo-assisted SRM is carried out to see if the photon energy could reduce energy consumption and enhance the SRM efficiency. The experimental setup of photo-assisted SRM is mainly comprised of an argon cylinder, a pump for transporting aqueous methanol, a preheater, a fixed bed reactor equipped with a Xe lamp, a condenser, and a gas chromatography as presented in Figure 6. By comparing the in situ DRIFT results with and without light, it is found that the introduction of light can promote the dissociation of formate acid to CO₂ and H₂. Moreover, the solar-assisted Cu-Zn-Ti oxide can achieve the activation of Cu species at relatively low temperature (200 °C). The hydrogen production rate reaches 50.6 and 76.2 mmol/(g·h) at 200 and 210 °C, respectively with no CO detected. CHIARELLO et al [30] conducted the photocatalytic steam reforming of methanol on Pt/TiO₂ using in situ attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy. Results indicate that the adsorption, desorption, and reactivity properties of the TiO₂ surface are strongly influenced in the presence of Pt nanoparticles. It is also proved that the photo-promoted electrons can be trapped by the Pt particles with the increase of electron-hole separation based on the variation of the IR spectrum background upon UV-vis irradiation.

Figure 6 Experimental setup for solar-assisted SRM [29]

2.1.3 High-temperature methanol steam reforming

High-temperature SRM would result in the methanol decomposition with high-concentration carbon monoxide generation and thus the SRM reaction is generally conducted at no more than 300 °C. However, SHARMA et al [31] conducted a very interesting work, investigating various bimetallic catalysts supported on Al₂O₃-Zn-ZrO₂ at the temperature as high as 500 °C with CO-free hydrogen production. It is found that the bimetallic catalyst (Fe:Cu=1:1) supported on the Al₂O₃- Zn-ZrO₂ was observed with an interesting synergy, resulting in the particle size reduction and reducibility enhancement. Furthermore, it is found that the Cu-Fe catalyst with Cu content more than 75% can reduce the CO selectivity to zero. The related reaction mechanism was proposed according to the diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTs) results: the presence of Fe₂O₃ as the surface species converts the produced CO to CO₂, thus no carbon monoxide can be detected in the final product stream.

2.1.4 Aqueous-phase reforming of methanol

Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) is a promising technology that converts organic compounds in aqueous solutions preferably to hydrogen and carbon dioxide. APR has also been proved to be an energy-efficient pathway due to no requirement of evaporating feedstock to the gas phase [32]. Some researchers conducted the aqueous-phase steam reforming of methanol (AP-SRM) and it is found that the main challenge for AP-SRM is the development of high- performance catalysts. Furthermore, the catalyst should not be in favor of the cleavage of C—O bonds as well as the hydrogenation of CO and/or CO₂. The hydrogenation of CO and CO₂ would result in the generation of methane as shown below:

                   (11)

                 (12)

Pt-based catalyst supported by Al₂O₃ achieves the highest activity and hydrogen selectivity in AP-SRM [33, 34]. The results from SHABAKER et al [33] indicate that the aqueous-phase reforming of oxygenated hydrocarbons (methanol and ethylene glycol) over Pt/Al₂O₃ catalyst reaches nearly 100% selectivity for the formation of H₂. CORTRIGHT et al [35] demonstrated that hydrogen can be produced from alcohols at near 500 K through an aqueous-phase reforming process by using a platinum-based catalyst, with ethylene glycol and methanol being almost completely converted into hydrogen and carbon dioxide. STEKROVA et al [36] conducted the aqueous- phase reforming of methanol experiments over nickel modified Ce, Zr, and La oxides. Methanol conversion >50% and hydrogen production efficiency >40% can be achieved with the Ni/25%CeO₂-ZrO₂ catalyst. Cyano-carboxylic modified carbon nitride was conducted by TAN et al [37] for enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen generation from aqueous-phase methanol reforming, by the synthesis procedure shown in Figure 7. It is found that the cyano-carboxylic improved carbon nitride about 205 times more active than unmodified carbon nitride, exhibiting enhanced methanol reforming performance for hydrogen production.

Figure 7 Identification of cyano and carboxyl groups on carbon nitride:

2.2 Partial oxidation of methanol

Compared with SRM, POM is an exothermic reaction with the advantages of high reaction kinetics, no additional heat required when the reaction reaches a steady-state, and the produced hydrogen-rich gas can be also utilized as the supply source of the fuel cell [38-41]. Recent studies from KIM et al [42] indicate that POM is a combination of combustion of methanol (COM) and SRM reaction. In this case, POM could be a complicated reaction, which was affected by the partial pressure of oxygen and the reaction temperatures. At the beginning, high O₂ partial pressure leads to the occurrence of COM; the overall reaction will gradually transform from COM to POM due to the generation of H₂O from COM. Therefore, the displayed POM reaction shown below can be regarded as an intermediate state between COM and SRM.

Partial oxidation of methanol:

               (13)

On one hand, the POM produces a lower concentration of hydrogen compared with SRM which is attributed to the oxidation of methanol to CO₂. Moreover, the oxygen is required to complete the oxidation of methanol, which significantly increase the energy consumption of the system and increases the cost of transportation; On the other hand, the POM reaction is necessary when the startup process of the hydrogen-driven vehicle is considered. Some researchers propose the utilization of waste heat from PEMFCs to maintain the auto-thermal operation. This idea can be realized after the stable operation of hydrogen- driven vehicles. Regarding the startup process, the exothermic POM reaction could be a feasible method for supplying sufficient heat and driving the normal operation of the fuel cell.

It is reported that copper-based catalyst supported by zinc oxide performed high methanol conversion and H₂ selectivity in POM reaction [43-46]. LEE et al [38] proposed a simple method for modulating the oxygen vacancies on metallic Cu/ZnO catalysts for partial oxidation of methanol with low CO generation. For the catalytic test, the mole ratio of oxygen to methanol was controlled at 0.5. The gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) and weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) were controlled at 60000 h^-1 and 9.48 h^-1, respectively. It is found that the efficiency of both oxygen vacancies contained Cu/ZnO samples prepared by co-precipitation and deposition precipitation is excellent with 100% methanol conversion and 95% of hydrogen in methanol being converted to hydrogen at 250 °C. When the experiments were carried out at 150 °C, 70% methanol can be transformed and 75% of hydrogen in methanol is converted to hydrogen. It is concluded that the oxygen vacancies on the surface can promote an affinity for adsorbing the oxygen atoms of reactants, induce the decomposition of intermediates species, and catalyze the carbon monoxide oxidation at a relatively low temperature.

CARRAZAN et al [47] conducted an interesting work by adding the reaction products (CO₂, H₂, and CO₂+H₂) to the feed during partial oxidation of methanol using a Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst. The addition of reaction products changes the performance of the catalyst compared with the standard condition with no product gas feeding. Importantly, by modulating the composition of reaction feeds, CO-free hydrogen can be generated which was essential for the re-utilization of gaseous products and heat from the outlet of PEMFC. It is inferred that the existence of reaction products significantly influences the oxidation state of Cu. Moreover, the suppression of CO generation could be attributed to the high content of CuO. Thus, it is suggested that by utilizing the reaction products can promote the CuO generation and inhibits the formation of CO, which could be a potential pathway for the suppression of CO generation during POM and the utilization of waste heat from PEMFC.

2.3 Oxidative steam reforming of methanol

The OSRM process combines the SRM and POM reactions. The OSRM process can directly produce a relatively high concentration of hydrogen at the places where it is needed, obtaining a mixture of H₂ and CO₂. The mole ratio of H₂/CO₂ is between 2 and 3. By combining a suitable proportion of endothermic SRM reaction and exothermic POM reaction, no external heat is required [48]. It is reported that the combustion of methanol occurs first followed by SRM, in which the SRM starts when substantial of O₂ is converted [42, 49]. Thus, the heat released by complete oxidation of methanol can be used to provide the energy required for SRM. The overall OSRM reaction is shown below:

          (14)

On one hand, the auto-thermal conversion of methanol makes OSRM reaction more flexible, in which the OSRM can even be applied in mobile phones, laptops, meteorological stations, as well as some other low-power devices. It also performs the properties of quick startup and shutdown. On the other hand, the requirement of oxygen supplement would enhance the system energy consumption and it involves the problem of oxygen carrying and transportation.

Carbon nanotubes were widely explored as the support material for OSRM. SHTYKA et al [50] conducted the carbon nanotube supported Ru, Au, and Pt for OSRM. The surface of carbon nanotubes was functionalized by an acidified potassium permanganate solution. MIERCZYNSKI et al [11] studied the catalytic performance of bimetallic Au-Cu and Au-Ni catalysts supported by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in oxy-steam reforming of methanol. The metal phases of Cu and Ni were introduced on the MWCNTs by wet impregnation using aqueous solutions of Cu(NO₃)₂ and Ni(NO₃)₂. The gold was introduced on the surface of copper or nickel catalyst by using the deposition-precipitation method [51]. Characterizations such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalysis (SEM-EDS), thermos-gravimetric analysis, NH₃ temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD) were carried out to analyze the performance of MWCNT supported catalysts.The formations of MWCNTs supported Au-Cu and Au-Ni alloys are proved after their reduction under the conditions of 5 vol.% H₂ in Ar at 300 °C and 500 °C, respectively. Compared to the monometallic system, the OSRM reaction at 300 °C with applied Au-Cu performs significant improvements in the catalytic activity and H₂ selectivity, which may be attributed to the formation of alloy compounds. Furthermore, bimetallic Au-Ni/MWCNTs catalyst performs the best property from the perspective of CO selectivity. It is to be noted that the Au-Cu/MWCNTs catalyst exhibited almost 100% methanol conversion and CO was not detected, which is expected to be utilized in fuel cell if the cyclic stability can be further verified.

Cu-Zn-loaded anodic aluminum oxide plate catalyst has been proposed for OSRM reaction. KIM et al [52] conducted the OSRM reaction over an anodic aluminum oxide-supported Cu-Zn catalyst. A strongly bonded porous alumina layer is grown on an alumina metal surface by anodic oxidation, which serves as good support for loading active component [53-55]. They verified that the high thermal conductivity of the catalyst is conducive to suppress the hot spot formation, making the temperature profile smooth along the reactor. EAIMSUMANG et al [56] investigated the dependence of CeO₂ morphology in the copper oxide on CeO₂ supports for OSRM reaction. Different morphologies of CeO₂, which includes rod-shaped, cube-shaped, and mixed shapes, are prepared by changing the hydrothermal temperature from 100 °C to 220 °C. It is concluded that the morphological structure of CeO₂ shows a great impact on its catalytic activity in the OSRM reaction. The rod-shaped CeO₂ performed the highest performance for methanol conversion and CO suppression which could be attributed to the well dispersion of CuO nanoparticles, the existence of Cu⁺ species as the active site and oxygen vacancies, as well as the stronger interaction between CuO and CeO₂.

More recently, SUN et al [57] reported chemical looping-based oxidative steam reforming of methanol, which is seen as a potential pathway for auto-thermal hydrogen generation. The catalytic oxygen carrier, Cu₂O-Ca₂Fe₂O₅, was designed for the chemical looping oxidative steam reforming of methanol experiments, in which the lattice oxygen in Cu₂O-Ca₂Fe₂O₅ participates the CH₃OH-to-H₂ conversion (see Figure 8). Results indicate that the 40 mol.% Cu-loaded Cu₂O-Ca₂Fe₂O₅ shows the highest catalytic activity of the synthesized catalytic oxygen carriers, and the presence of Ca₂Fe₂O₅ tunes the redox activity and mobility of the lattice oxygen, obtaining a H₂ production rate of 37.6 μmol H₂/(g COC·s) under a temperature of 240 °C.

2.4 Sorption-enhanced SRM

According to the main reactions of SRM as shown in Reaction 3, CO₂ and H₂ are the main products with no carbon monoxide production. Nevertheless, SRM is generally accompanied by side reaction with the generation of methane and carbon monoxide. The sorption-enhanced methanol steam reforming (SE-SRM) could be a potential approach for significantly suppressing the occurrence of side reactions with high-purity hydrogen production. The medium-temperature adsorbent is required for the SE-SRM process, in which the carbon dioxide produced from methanol conversion can be absorbed by the MgO or MgO-based hydrotalcite, promoting the equilibrium of water-gas shift reaction to move forward. Thus, a few researchers explored the sorption-enhanced SRM to obtain high-purity hydrogen with a lower concentration of CO production [58-60]. LI et al [59] conducted a sorption-enhanced methanol reforming process in conjunction with PEMFCs by using the software Honeywell UniSimDesign. The flowchart of the SE-SMR integrated with PEMFC was illustrated in Figure 9. A time-dependent model based on detailed reaction kinetics is developed to describe the reactor dynamics of methanol reforming (CO₂ adsorption) and regeneration stage (CO₂ desorption). Results reveal that the SE-SMR reduces the concentrations of both CO₂ and CO from methanol conversion, thereby producing high-purity H₂ in a single unit.

WU et al [58] conducted both thermodynamic calculation and experimental investigation of the sorption-enhanced steam methanol reforming process. The results from the thermodynamic calculation applying the software Matlab showed that a CO₂ adsorption ratio of 95%, hydrogen concentration of 98.36 vol.%, CO concentration of 32.8×10^-6 could be obtained under a steam/methanol mole ratio of 2. For the experimental exploration, it was performed in a fixed-bed reactor loaded with commercial CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst and 22%K₂CO₃-promoted hydrotalcite as the moderate-temperature CO₂ sorbent. More importantly, the reaction temperature was found to decrease by 50 °C and the hydrogen concentration was increased by 20% of SE-SMR under a same methanol conversion compared with the SRM reaction. QI et al [61] presented a similar work by combining copper-based catalysts with hydrotalcite for SE-SMR. Two kinds of packed modes are studied: as for case I, the reactor was packed with the mixture of K-hydrotalcite particles and CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ particles; for case II, a composite sorbent-catalyst was fed into the reactor. Results revealed that both the packing modes could significantly promote the SRM reaction. However, by combining the CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst with K-hdyrotalcite to be a composite material, the methanol conversion performed a decreasing tendency due to the loss of catalytic activity under the alkaline atmosphere under K-hydrotalcite.

Figure 8 Schemic of chemical looping oxidative stream reforming of methanol [57]

Figure 9 Simulation flowchart of absorption-enhanced reforming (AER) of methanol with integration of PEMF [59]

3 Catalysts

Catalyst is the core of the methanol conversion process, in which all the above-mentioned reactions cannot achieve the efficient conversion of methanol without the utilization of catalysts. The most commonly utilized catalytic system can be classified into copper-based catalysts and noble- metal catalysts. With the development of the catalysis, some advanced materials such as bi-functional alloys, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and single-atom catalysts (SACs) were also gradually developed for efficient methanol conversion. Thus, this part summarizes the latest developments on catalysts as shown in Table 1 for Cu-based catalysts and Table 2 for noble metal catalysts and other activity-improved catalysts.

3.1 Cu-based catalysts

MA et al [93] reported a nickel-phyllosilicate supported Cu-Ni bimetallic catalysts for the steam reforming of dimethyl ether (DME). The reforming of DME mainly concludes the hydrolysis of DME with methanol generated as the intermediate and methanol steam reforming with the production of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. By designing the formation of Cu-Ni alloy, the selectivity of CO and CH₄ can be suppressed with high-concentration hydrogen and ultra-low-concentration CO (<1000×10^-6) production. The morphologies of the synthesized samples were presented in Figure 10. The d-spacing of 0.207 nm in CuNi-PS-400 sample indicates the formation of Cu_0.81Ni_0.19(111) alloy. Their mechanistic investigations illustrate that the Cu-Ni alloy promotes the adsorption of CO at relatively high temperatures, simultaneously suppressing the CO dissociation to CH₄. MAYR et al [121] designed the Cu-Zr bimetallic material Cu₅₁Zr₁₄, which was characterized by high- resolution electron microscopy and energy- dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The microstructural evolution and DTA/TG/MS analysis were investigated to analyze the surface and bulk structure, as well as the composition of the CO₂-selective state in SRM with the structural steering effects identification. They concluded that the newly modulated Cu-ZrO₂ interface could be a significant descriptor steering the CO₂ selectivity.

Table 1 Summary of methanol reforming works for copper-based catalysts

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Table 2 Summarize of methanol reforming works for non-copper-based catalysts

3.2 Noble metal catalysts

LI et al [102] proposed the modulation of the ZnPd intermetallic catalyst which was used for SRM reaction. It is observed that the reactivity of Pd/ZnO changes with the formation of ZnPd intermetallic compounds and the ZnPd/ZnO interface. Moreover, the addition of Pd decreases the energy gap by increasing the adsorption heat of methanol to 73 kJ/mol, while decreasing the adsorption energy of water to 96 kJ/mol, making the SRM reaction proceed at a lower temperature. Of the tested three catalysts (ZnO, Pd/ZnO, and ZnPd/ZnO), ZnPd/ZnO performs the best catalytic activity because of the competitive adsorption and subsequent reaction between the reactants.

Figure 10 TEM images of nickel-phyllosilicate supported Cu-Ni bimetallic reduced at 375 °C (CuNi-PS-375) (a), nickel-phyllosilicate supported Cu-Ni bimetallic reduced at 400 °C (CuNi-PS-400) (b), nickel-phyllosilicate supported Cu-Ni bimetallic reduced at 500 °C (CuNi-PS-500) (c) and XRD patterns of CuNi-PS-T samples (d) [93]

3.3 Plasma-assisted catalyst

Researchers have reported that plasma treatment can substantially change the performance of the catalysts. Glow discharge plasma belongs to a non-thermal plasma, which can be used for the surficial treatment of the catalysts before the calcination process [122-124]. In this work of Bagherzadeh, CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst was prepared by using hydrothermal and co-precipitation methods followed by the treatment of glow discharge plasma [125]. The synthesized catalysts were exposed to glow discharge plasma for 45 min at 1000 V, and the plasma-assisted CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst was studied for SRM reaction. According to the characterizations (XRD and EDX mapping) of the plasma-assisted samples, it is found that the glow discharge plasma leads to more dispersion of CuO(111) crystallite plate, and furthermore, plasma-assisted and co-precipitation synthesized CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ performs the best uniform dispersion of the elements. The experimental setup for SRM using plasma-treated CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst is displayed in Figure 11. By applying a 1 kV voltage, generated from a high voltage DC generator, between the cathode and anode electrodes, non-thermal glow discharge plasma can be produced in the plasma chamber with samples treatment. Results revealed that the plasma-assisted precipitation synthesized CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ sample performs the highest methanol conversion and the lowest carbon monoxide selectivity. Moreover, the plasma- modified catalyst can maintain its original catalytic activity after long-term SRM reaction.

Similar treatments were conducted by SEYEDI et al [94]. A series of CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃/ ZrO₂ catalyst was prepared by using hybrid coprecipitation-plasma methods with hydrothermal, thermos-chemical, and coprecipitation being utilized for comparison. Results indicate that the plasma-assisted CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃/ZrO₂ sample achieves a methanol conversion of 100% at 240 °C and it remains a high catalytic performance after 24 h. LIAN et al [126] also performed an oxidative pyrolysis reforming of methanol in warm plasma for on-board hydrogen generation, in which energy efficiency of 74%, energy cost of 0.45 kW·h/(N·m³),and methanol conversion of 88% can be achieved under the conditions of η(O₂)/η(C)=0.30, η(S)/η(C)=0.5, and specific energy input equals 24 kJ/mol.

Figure 11 Experimental setup for assessment of CuO/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst for SRM under assistant of plasma [125]

3.4 Metal-organic frameworks

MOF related materials are deserved to be exploited to reduce the reaction temperature required for SRM while decreasing CO selectivity. Preparation methods like co-precipitation, carbon template, homogeneous precipitation, hydrothermal synthesis, wet impregnation are mostly used approaches, and it is found that the catalytic performance is strongly related to the preparation methods. Metal-organic-framework (MOF), highly porous crystalline materials constructed from metal templates and organic linkers, have been widely developed due to their promising applications such as catalysis and CO₂ capture [127-129]. ZENG et al [119] reported a Pd/ZnO catalyst which was derived from zeolite imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) as the precursor, in which NaHB₄ reduced Pd ions were supported by the ZIF-8. The synthesis process of the MOF material is presented in Figure 12. By using the MOF precursor derived Pd@ZnO alloy, the methanol conversion reaches as high as 98% and CO₂ selectivity at 86.3% under the conditions of 0.1 MPa, steam/CH₃OH mole ratio at 1.2, and WHSV=43.2 L CH₃OH/(g catalyst·h)with 0.1 g catalyst addition.

Figure 12 Synthesis process of Pd nanoparticles on MOF (a) and illustration of possible mechanism of SRM on PdZn alloy (b) [119]

3.5 Single-atom catalysts

In the recent five years, single-atom catalysts (SACs) are seen as a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis and have been paid much attention due to their specific catalytic properties [130-133]. SACs have demonstrated their superior performances in many catalytic reactions including CO oxidation [134], water-gas shift reaction [135], selective hydrogenation/oxidation [136, 137]. GU et al [120] reported single Pt₁ and Au₁ atoms stabilized by the lattice oxygen on ZnO(1010) facet for SRM reaction. Their density function theory (DFT) results indicate that the catalysis with applied single precious metal atoms can lower the reaction barriers, change on the reaction pathways, and substantially improve the catalytic activity, owing to their strong binding to the intermediates. The most favorable reaction pathway for SRM on ZnO, SA-Au₁/ZnO, and SA-Au₁/ZnO is presented in Figure 13. The reaction pathways can be classified into two pathways: I, the association of HCHO from CH₃OH with —OH from H₂O; and II, decomposition of HCHO to CO accompanied by water-gas shift reaction. Experimental results show that the catalytic activity of single Pt1 sites was 1000 times higher than that of ZnO, which provides valuable insights for the supported single atoms utilization in methanol conversion. CAO et al [125] recently proposed single-atom gold oxo-clusters for catalyzing the heterogeneous methanol self- coupling reaction. The experimental results indicate that the single-atom gold oxo-clusters prepared in an alkaline solution can direct the heterogeneous coupling of two methanol molecules to methyl formate and hydrogen with a 100% selectivity below 180 °C. Catalytic methanol coupling provides a new approach for methanol conversion to hydrogen.

4 Steam methanol reformer

The design of a steam methanol reformer is essential for methanol reforming to hydrogen. To achieve its connection with fuel cells and application in hydrogen vehicles, the reactor should generally have a high surface-area-to-volume ratio,high heat transfer efficiency to make full use of the waste heat from the fuel cell [138]. The reactor should also be capable of maintaining isothermal conditions. In this part, the recently reported state-of-the-art micro steam methanol reformers were thoroughly summarized as shown in Table 3.

Figure 13 Most favorable reaction pathways for CH₃OH*+H₂O*→CO₂+6H* on ZnO, Au₁/ZnO, and Pt₁/ZnO without showing TS1 and TS2 explicitly (a), schematic structures for transition state TS4 (b), TS5 (c) and TS6 (d) on Pt1/Au1/ZnO(1010) [120]

Table 3 Summary of research on design and development of reactors for methanol conversion

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TIAN et al [169] designed a micro-reactor for SRM, with structured PdZnAl/Cu fiber catalyst filling in the micro reactor. The reaction conditions were studied to optimize the operation parameters. Their micro-reactor system is mainly composed of an inlet system, a micro-reactor, a condenser, and a product detector. The schematic diagram of the proposed micro-reactor structure is presented in Figure 14. It can be observed that the micro reforming is mainly composed of an inlet tube, heating cartridges, thermocouples, a reactor body, and the outlet tube. The reactor body includes an evaporation chamber and a reforming chamber loaded with foam metal for catalytic methanol reforming. The novel structured fiber catalyst with the incorporated micro-reactor shows great potential in the field of hydrogen production for fuel cell utilization.

Figure 14 Schematic diagram of utilized micro steam methanol reformer [169]

ZHENG et al [139] conducted the performance optimization of SRM for hydrogen production with applying an error backpropagation and a genetic algorithm method via a cylindrical micro reactor. According to Figure 15, the micro reactor includes a main chamber, an inlet tube, an outlet tube, thermocouples, and some heating cartridges. The main chamber is formed by stacking the evaporation chamber and the reforming chamber. The porous copper fiber was put inside the reforming chamber, catalyzing the SRM at specific temperatures. LYTKINA et al [141] discussed the performance of SRM in a conventional flow reactor and a membrane reactor by using a Pd-Ru alloy membrane on the bimetallic catalyst (Pt-Ru, Pd-Ru, Rh-Ru) supported on detonation nanodiamond. The schematic illustration of the membrane reactor is displayed in Figure 16. In a typical experiment,0.3 g sample was mixed with granulated quartz followed by placing the solid mixture to the reaction zone of membrane reactor. The membrane reactor is mainly comprised of two stainless steel compartments in the form of parallelepipeds, which was separated by a dense Pd-Ru alloy membrane. The thickness of the membrane was 60 μm. Moreover, the reactor was hermetically sealed using two washers, which are copper washer and graphlex washer, respectively. Results indicate that stable hydrogen can be obtained from the outlet of the membrane reactor. No CO and other impurities were detected in the permeate zone, even at the temperature of 400 °C.

Figure 15 Plate micro reactor for SRM with hydrogen production [139]

Figure 16 Schematic illustration of membrane reactor for steam methanol reforming [140]

RIBEIRINHA et al [161] conducted the experimental and modeling research by integrating the HT-PEMFC with a cellular membrane reforming for SRM, which is a very interesting work. In their work, the combination of packed bed membrane reactor cell with a HT-PEMFC was proposed as displayed in Figure 17. The 4-μm thick self-supported Pd-Ag membrane is obtained by magnetron-sputtering. The prepared membranes showed a H₂/N₂ mole selectivity of ca. 5800 and permeability to the hydrogen of 2.94×10^–6 mol·m·s^–1·m^–2·bar^–0.8 at 473 K without activation treatment. In addition, the device allowed efficient heat integration, where the heat produced in the electrochemical process was used to perform the SRM reaction.

TAJRISHI et al [151] utilized Zn, Ce, and Zr modified mesoporous Cu/SBA-15 nanocatalyst for SRM in a microchannel reactor. The plates of microreactor, catalyst-coated microchannel plate, and assembled fuel processor with cartridge heaters and K-type thermocouples are shown in Figure 18. The size of the designed parallel-type microchannel reactor is 12 cm×8 cm×1 cm with 20 parallel microchannels being utilized. In a typical experiment, a homogeneous suspension comprised of catalyst, hydroxypropyl cellulose, and distilled water was obtained by constantly stirring at 60 °C followed by the injection of the slurry into the microchannels. SRM process with applied microchannel was conducted under the conditions of 300 °C, WHSV at 43.68 h^-1, and the S/C molar ratio of 2. The methanol conversion and hydrogen selectivity achieved 95.2% and 94.6%, respectively.

Figure 17 Assembly scheme of integrated HT-PEMFC and steam methanol reformer:

Figure 18 Plates of microreactor (a), catalyst-coated microchannel plate (b) and assembled fuel processor with cartridge heaters and K-type thermocouples (c) [151]

5 Conclusions

In-situ methanol conversion to hydrogen is considered a potential pathway for solving the challenges of hydrogen storage and transportation. In this work, the superiority and the limitation of methanol reforming including the utilization pathways, catalysts, as well as reformers were discussed deeply, which aims at providing the implications for methanol derived hydrogen utilization in the PEMFCs.

In the conversion section, the detailed methanol conversion pathways for hydrogen production are thoroughly reviewed, which includes the steam reforming of methanol, partial oxidation of methanol, oxidative steam reforming of methanol, and sorption-enhanced steam methanol reforming. The OSRM and POM reactions are recommended for providing hydrogen during the startup of PEMFCs due to the auto-thermal or exothermic operation. SMR and SE-SMR reactions are more suitable for hydrogen supply during the stable operation of PEMFCs to obtain a higher quality of the hydrogen. Notably, the methanol coupling reaction is a satisfying approach for high-purity hydrogen and methyl format co-generation except for the methanol reforming reactions. In the catalyst section, recently developed catalysts for methanol- to-hydrogen conversion have also been intensively elaborated. In addition to the widely studied copper- based catalysts and noble metal catalysts, single- atom catalysts, metal-organic frameworks, as well as plasma-assisted catalysts also make a great breakthrough in catalytic methanol conversion, which further expanded the catalytic system for hydrogen production from methanol reforming. In the reactor section, different types of reformers used for methanol reforming were introduced, which includes membrane reactors, microchannel reformers, laminated SRM microreactors, etc. The development of steam methanol reformers should completely consider the issues of heat transfer, flow characteristics, catalyst loading, and matching with fuel cells, etc.

In response to the above-discussed methanol utilization pathways, methanol conversion catalysts, and methanol steam reformers, the research orientations to be solved and/or optimized in the near future are proposed as follows:

1) The temperature required for methanol conversion can be further reduced under the premise of ensuring a relatively high methanol conversion;

2) The carbon monoxide concentration can be controlled at a lower level to prevent the deactivation of the electrode materials in fuel cells;

3) The catalysts that perform a high catalytic activity and long-term stability are highly desired;

4) The design of the reformer should enhance the heat transfer from PEMFC to micro reformer, maximizing the energy efficiency of the integrated fuel cell system.

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应用于燃料电池的甲醇重整制氢研究综述

摘要：甲醇液体燃料具有运输方便、能量密度高、转化温度低等优势，可作为氢能载体实时产氢并供给燃料电池。论文围绕最新甲醇重整制氢技术展开了详细的介绍，具体内容包括甲醇转化途径概述、甲醇转化催化剂研究进展与开发思路总结以及甲醇蒸汽重整微型反应器发展概述。甲醇转化途径部分对甲醇蒸汽重整、甲醇部分氧化、甲醇氧化重整以及吸附增强式甲醇重整反应进行了详细阐述；催化剂部分总结了近年来的催化剂发展趋势并给出了提高催化剂活性的方法与设计思路；甲醇重整微反应器部分，对新开发的蒸汽甲醇重整器进行了全面介绍。本篇综述对近5年来的甲醇重整制氢技术进行了总结梳理并给出了未来发展趋势，为甲醇氢载体供给燃料电池的理论研究与燃料电池应该提供参考依据。

关键词：甲醇重整；制氢；燃料电池；催化剂；重整反应器

Foundation item: Project(51876224) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(2020CX008) supported by the Innovation-Driven Project of Central South University, China

Received date: 2019-12-13; Accepted date: 2020-03-10

Corresponding author: SUN Zhi-qiang, PhD, Professor; Tel: +86-731-88879863; E-mail: zqsun@csu.edu.cn; ORCID: 0000-0003- 0518-3275

Abstract: Methanol is regarded as an important liquid fuel for hydrogen storage, transportation, and in-situ generation due to its convenient conveyance, high energy density, and low conversion temperature. In this work, an overview of state-of-the-art investigations on methanol reforming is critically summarized, including the detailed introduction of methanol conversion pathways from the perspective of fuel cell applications, various advanced materials design for catalytic methanol conversion, as well as the development of steam methanol reformers. For the section of utilization pathways, reactions such as steam reforming of methanol, partial oxidation of methanol, oxidative steam reforming of methanol, and sorption-enhanced steam methanol reforming were elaborated; For the catalyst section, the strategies to enhance the catalytic activity and other comprehensive performances were summarized; For the reactor section, the newly designed steam methanol reformers were thoroughly described. This review will benefit researchers from both fundamental research and fuel cell applications in the field of catalyzing methanol to hydrogen.