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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
Volume 413, Issue -, Pages 106-118Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.06.020
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Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; Cobalt; Deactivation; Manganese oxide; M?ssbauer spectroscopy
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This study investigates the role of manganese oxide as a structural promoter against sintering in a carbon nanofiber supported cobalt model catalyst. The results show that steam accelerates the sintering of non-promoted metallic cobalt particles, while in the presence of manganese oxide, sintering is significantly reduced. However, some cobalt particles in close interaction with manganese oxide carburize under these conditions, resulting in lower catalytic activity.
The commercial application of cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) suffers from catalyst deactivation. One of the main deactivation mechanisms under industrial conditions is sintering. In this work, we explored the role of manganese oxide as a structural promoter against sintering in a carbon nanofiber supported cobalt model catalyst. We employed in situ Mossbauer emission spectroscopy to study cobalt sintering in synthesis gas as a function of the steam partial pressure, which mimics high CO conversion during FTS. Steam accelerates the sintering of non-promoted metallic cobalt particles. Model experiments point to a synergistic effect between carbon monoxide and steam on cobalt sintering. In the mangensepromoted case, sintering is significantly reduced, indicative of the structural stabilization of small cobalt particles by manganese oxide. Nevertheless, a fraction of cobalt particles in close interaction with manganese oxide carburized under these conditions, resulting in a lower catalytic activity. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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