Research Article

Hydrogen Production from the Water-Gas Shift Reaction on Iron Oxide Catalysts

Table 1

, XRD, and DRIFT results of the elaborated catalysts.

Catalyst BET areaa
(m2·g−1)
XRD dataa,b DRIFT wave numbersa (cm−1)
OH bandCOOCO speciesCH vibration

Fe-only25.0c
30Fe-Si90.7,
30Fe-Ti14.0, 2170–2080
30Fe-Mg02.2Mg, MgO3570  (3730d) 
3040, 3130, 3850
2170–20801370 (1510d), 1630, 17202850–2700

Reference [12], bsee Figure 3 and Section 3.2, cnot detected, and dshoulder.