Optimization of the pretreatment procedure in the design of cobalt silica supported Fischer–Tropsch catalysts

The effect of cobalt precursor, catalyst pretreatment and promotion with ruthenium and rhenium on the formation of cobalt metal nanoparticles and catalytic performance of supported Fischer–Tropsch (FT) catalysts was studied using a combination of techniques (DSC–TGA, UV–vis spectroscopy, XPS, XRD, E...

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Published in:Catalysis today 2005-10, Vol.106 (1), p.161-165
Main Authors: Girardon, J.-S., Constant-Griboval, A., Gengembre, L., Chernavskii, P.A., Khodakov, A.Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catalysis
Chemical Sciences
Cobalt catalysts
Cobalt silicate
Fischer–Tropsch synthesis
Nanoparticles
Oxidative pretreatment
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Summary:The effect of cobalt precursor, catalyst pretreatment and promotion with ruthenium and rhenium on the formation of cobalt metal nanoparticles and catalytic performance of supported Fischer–Tropsch (FT) catalysts was studied using a combination of techniques (DSC–TGA, UV–vis spectroscopy, XPS, XRD, EXAFS–XANES, in situ magnetization measurements, propene chemisorption and catalytic measurements). The cobalt promoted and unpromoted catalysts were prepared by aqueous co-impregnation using cobalt nitrate or acetate, ruthenium nitrosyl nitrate or perrhenic acid. In both unpromoted and Ru and Re-promoted cobalt catalysts after impregnation and drying, cobalt is present mainly in octahedrally coordinated complexes. The repartition of cobalt species between Co 3O 4 and cobalt silicate depends essentially on the exothermicity of precursor decomposition. Cobalt nitrate precursor, with an endothermic decomposition, favors Co 3O 4 crystallites. Lower temperature of cobalt nitrate decomposition and catalyst calcination generally leads to higher dispersion of supported cobalt oxide. Cobalt acetate precursor, with an exothermic decomposition, favors cobalt silicate. By optimizing the conditions of cobalt acetate decomposition, the fraction of cobalt silicate can be decreased favoring a more reducible Co 3O 4 phase. For the catalysts prepared from cobalt nitrate, promotion with ruthenium increases the cobalt dispersion, while maintaining high reducibility. For the catalyst prepared via low temperature decomposition of cobalt acetate, addition of ruthenium increases the fraction of Co 3O 4 crystalline phase and decreases the concentration of barely reducible cobalt silicate. The Fischer–Tropsch reaction rates over unpromoted and promoted cobalt catalysts were found to be primarily a function of the number of cobalt metal sites, which are generated by the reduction of Co 3O 4 crystallites.
ISSN:0920-5861
1873-4308
DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2005.07.119