RT Journal Article
T1 Production of hydrogen and valuable fuels from polyethylene terephthalate waste dissolved in phenol reforming and cracking reactions via Ni-Co/CeO2 nano-catalyst
A1 Nabgan, Walid
A1 Nabgan, Bahador
A1 Abdullah, Tuan Amran Tuan
A1 Jalil, Aishah Abdul
A1 Ul-Hamid, Anwar
A1 Ikram, Muhammad
A1 Nordin, Abu Hassan
A1 Coelho Cotón, Alberto José
K1 Synthesis
K1 Ni-Co/CeO2nanosized
K1 Plastic waste
K1 Phenol
K1 Fuel
AB This research investigates the preparation of Ni-Co/CeO2 catalysts based on impregnation and hydrothermal treatment methods for the hydrogen and valuable fuels generation from the steam reforming and cracking reactions of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste liquefied in phenol. PET plastic waste is environmentally harmful, mostly when it eliminated by burning or landfilling. Therefore, in this study, this waste has been dissolved in phenol for hydrogen and liquid fuel generation via catalytic steam reforming and cracking reactions. Complementary characterization techniques such as XRD, BET, FTIR, SEM, TEM, EDX, H2-TPR, CO2-TPD, NH3-TPD, ICP, CHNS and TGA were used to correlate surface structure and functionality to catalytic performance of the catalysts. The hydrothermal route leads to higher catalyst activity and stability against a by-product formation such as coke, which approved by time on stream process, TGA and CHNS analysis. For an instant, at 700 °C of the catalytic reaction, impregnation method cause to achieve 72.8 % of phenol conversion and 56 % of hydrogen yield, while these factors increased when conducting the hydrothermal treatment to 83.8 % and 76 %, respectively. Analysis of liquid products obtained from GCMS illustrated that valuable components such as dibenzofuran, 2-methyl phenol and benzene were produced from PET cracking and phenol steam reforming reactions. This phenomenon is a vital idea to solve plastic waste recycling issues.
PB Elsevier
SN 0165-2370
YR 2021
FD 2021-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46307
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/46307
LA eng
NO Nabgan, W., Nabgan, B., Abdullah, T. A. T., Jalil, A. A., Ul-Hamid, A., Ikram, M., Nordin, A. H., & Coelho, A. (2021). Production of hydrogen and valuable fuels from polyethylene terephthalate waste dissolved in phenol reforming and cracking reactions via Ni-Co/CeO₂ nano-catalyst. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 154, 105018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105018
NO This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis on 2021, available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2021.105018
NO The primary author, Walid Nabgan, is thankful for the support from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in the form of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship Scheme “Development of a New Catalyst from a Waste to Produce Biodiesel” (PDRU Grant number: 04E81). The authors acknowledge the financial support given for this work by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under the Collaborative Research Grant (CRG) number 07G61, 07G59 and 07G62.
DS Minerva
RD 20 may 2026