H production from methane decomposition by fullerene at low temperature

Tokunaga, Tomoharu*; Kuno, Kohei*; Kawakami, Takumi*; Yamamoto, Takahisa*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(28), p.14347 - 14353, 2020/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.03.178

To understand the catalytic behavior of graphite and carbon black with mainly 6-membered rings with sp bonds for H production by CH decomposition, fullerenes with 6-membered rings and also those comprising 5- and 7-membered rings with sp bonds was investigated using gas chromatography, XPS and TEM analysis. From these analysis, it is anticipated that the ring structures without 6-membered rings in carbon materials with sp bonding contribute to the catalytic behavior for CH decomposition at a low temperature of 400C.