Dopant screening of modified Fe2O3 oxygen carriers in chemical looping hydrogen production

•Dopant distribution of modified Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 was studied.•Surface structures of modified Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 were analyzed.•An efficient computational methodology was proposed for initial dopant screening. Enhancing the deep reduction of Fe2O3 oxygen carriers (OCs) is a major challenge in the chemic...

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Published in:Fuel (Guildford) 2020-02, Vol.262, p.116489, Article 116489
Main Authors: Feng, Yuchuan, Wang, Nana, Guo, Xin, Zhang, Shuoxin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alkali metals
Alkaline earth metals
Calcium
Chemical looping hydrogen production
Chemical reduction
Chromium
Copper
Deep reduction
Density functional theory
Dopants
Doping modification
Fe2O3 oxygen carriers
Free energy
Heat of formation
Hydrogen production
Iron oxides
Lanthanum
Lithium
Magnesium
Manganese
Nickel
Organic chemistry
Oxygen
Rare earth elements
Screening
Sodium
Titanium
Transition metals
Zinc
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Summary:•Dopant distribution of modified Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 was studied.•Surface structures of modified Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 were analyzed.•An efficient computational methodology was proposed for initial dopant screening. Enhancing the deep reduction of Fe2O3 oxygen carriers (OCs) is a major challenge in the chemical looping hydrogen production (CLH) process. To solve this issue, the modification of Fe2O3 OCs by introducing foreign dopant is an effective strategy. Here, we propose a dopant screening scheme, where surface oxygen vacancy formation energy (Evac) is defined as a descriptor for the reducibility of modified Fe2O3 OCs. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we evaluated the 18 potential dopants, including 3 alkali metals (Li, Na, and K), 2 alkaline earth metals (Mg and Ca), 11 transition metals (Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Y, and Zr), and 2 rare earth metals (La and Ce). The results indicated that Li, Na, K, Mg, Ni, Cu, Zn, La, and Zr dopants, which not only significantly enhance the reduction reaction from Fe2O3 to Fe3O4 but improve the deep reduction from Fe3O4 to FeO, are screened as the promising candidates for modified Fe2O3 OCs in the CLH process. Our work provided an efficient approach for the initial screening of modified Fe2O3 OCs with enhanced deep reducibility.
ISSN:0016-2361
1873-7153
DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116489