Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien GmbH
Metals and alloy production are in ever-growing demand, with over two billion tons produced annually to maintain pace with technological advancements and industrialization. However, conventional alloy production routes, which use carbon sources as reductants, emit CO2 as a by-product and contribute approximately 40% of all industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Replacing carbon with hydrogen as the reductant offers a sustainable pathway to produce metals and achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. The co-reduction of metal oxide mixtures using hydrogen as a reductant offers a one-step approach toward sustainable alloy production. This work shows the characteristics of hydrogen-based direct reduction of multi-component metal oxide consisting of Fe2O3, Co3O4, NiO, and Mn2O3. The reduction kinetics of the complex oxide mixture was quantitatively analyzed by thermogravimetry analysis and the microstructure of the reduced samples was characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Moreover, the underlying reduction mechanisms were discussed.
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