Ga and In modified ceria as supports for cobalt-catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani; Gary Jacobs; Wilson D. Shafer; Michela Martinelli; Donald C. Cronauer; A. Jeremy Kropf; Christopher L. Marshall; Burtron H. Davis

doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2017.08.026

Ga and In modified ceria as supports for cobalt-catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Muthu Kumaran Gnanamani, Gary Jacobs, Wilson D. Shafer, Michela Martinelli, Donald C. Cronauer, A. Jeremy Kropf, Christopher L. Marshall, Burtron H. Davis

Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)

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Abstract

Ga- and In-modified ceria (Ce_0.8Ga_0.2O₂, Ce_0.8In_0.2O₂) 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
Pages (from-to)	115-123
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied Catalysis A: General
Volume	547
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2017.08.026
State	Published - 2017

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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.

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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.

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR
Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
Office of Science Programs
National Energy Technology Laboratory

Keywords

Ag promoter
CeO
CeO-GaO
CeO-InO
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
Oxygenates

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Catalysis
Process Chemistry and Technology

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Ga and In modified ceria as supports for cobalt-catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

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