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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 515, Issue -, Pages 25-31Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2016.01.040
Keywords
Rhodium phosphide catalyst; Alumina support; Hydrodesulfurization; Triphenylphosphine; Low-temperature synthesis
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- FEEMA facilities of OASIS, Muroran Institute of Technology
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In this study, the low-temperature synthesis of rhodium phosphide (Rh2P) on alumina (Al2O3) using triphenylphosphine (TPP) as a phosphorus (P) source and its catalytic activity toward hydrodesulfurization (HDS) were investigated to prepare a highly active HDS catalyst. TPP was more easily reduced than phosphate, and Rh2P was formed in the P(T)/Rh/Al2O3 catalyst prepared from TTP at lower temperature as compared with the temperature required by Rh-P(A)/Al2O3 catalyst prepared from a phosphate precursor. However, after reduction at a low temperature (450 degrees C), excess P covered the surface of Rh2P. The optimal reduction temperature for HDS rate of the P(T)/Rh/Al2O3 catalyst (650 degrees C) was lower than that of the Rh-P(A)/Al2O3 catalyst (800 degrees C). Furthermore, this temperature was slightly higher than the optimal reduction temperature for CO uptake (600 degrees C). These results are explained as follows: HDS rate is increased by both elimination of excess P on the active sites at higher reduction temperatures and enhancement of the crystallinity of Rh2P. Furthermore, because the particle size of the P(T)/Rh/Al2O3 catalyst (ca. 1.2 nm) was substantially smaller than that of the Rh-P(A)/Al2O3 catalyst, the P(T)/Rh/Al2O3 catalyst exhibited greater HDS rate compared with the Rh-P(A)/Al2O3 catalyst. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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