Highlights
•Surfactant-assisted melt infiltration enables easy and simple catalyst preparation.
•Nonionic surfactant Span60 improves the dispersion of Ni and MgO particles.
•Well-dispersed Ni nanoparticles provide abundant active sites for NH3 decomposition.
•MgO nanoparticles enhance the basic properties that facilitates NH3 decomposition.
Magnesium-promoted Ni/USY catalysts prepared via surfactant-assisted melt infiltration for ammonia decomposition
Applied Surface Science, 2023, 608, 155244. (2023년 1월 15일)