Abstract
Ga- and In-modified ceria (Ce0.8Ga0.2O2, Ce0.8In0.2O2) materials were used as supports for cobalt-catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). The addition of Ga to ceria was found to improve CO conversion for cobalt-catalyzed FTS, while the addition of In tended to decrease it. A similar trend was observed with the Ag-promoted cobalt/ceria catalysts. Doping of ceria with Ga or In decreased methane and increased the selectivity to olefins and alcohols for Ag-promoted cobalt/ceria. The sum of the products of olefins and alcohols for various catalysts exhibited a decreasing trend as follows: Ag-Co/Ce-Ga > Ag-Co/Ce-In > Ag-Co/Ce. Results of H2-TPR-XANES showed that adding of Ga or In to ceria increases the fraction of Ce3+ in the surface shell for both unpromoted and Ag-promoted catalysts in the range of temperature typical of catalyst activation. This partially reduced ceria plays an important role in controlling the product selectivity of cobalt-catalyzed FT synthesis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-123 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Applied Catalysis A: General |
Volume | 547 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work carried out at the CAER was supported in part by funding from the Commonwealth of Kentucky . Argonne’s research was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) , Office of Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) . The use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. MRCAT operations are supported by the Department of Energy and the MRCAT member institutions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Ag promoter
- CeO
- CeO-GaO
- CeO-InO
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- Oxygenates
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Process Chemistry and Technology