CHARACTERISTIC OF HYDROXYAPATITE-SUPPORTED Ni, Ce, Cu CATALYST PREPARED BY DEPOSITIONPRECIPITATION AND IMPREGNATION METHOD FOR GLYCEROLAQUEOUS PHASE REFORMING PROCESS

The need and development of cleaner and greener alternative technologies using the heterogeneous catalytic are very important in fuel synthesis. Hydroxyapatite-supported Ni-Ce-Cu as biomaterial catalysts were synthesized and characteristic to study their potential to be used for glycerol reforming to hydrogen production. The catalysts have been prepared by deposition-precipitation and impregnation method for hydrogen production via aqueous phase reforming (APR) with varying the amount of nickel, cerium and copper. The catalysts were characterized by BET surface area, X-ray diffraction, and SEM-EDX techniques. It is found that the difference percent weight of Ni, Ce, Cu loading prepared via deposition-precipitation method shows a significant effect for the surface area, distribution of metals and crystallization of catalysts. The highest BET surface (61,11 m 2 /gr) and uniformly metals distribution on the surface Hydroxyapatite (HAP) area was noticed for catalysts composition containing much more Ce and Cu.