Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 316, Issue -, Pages 230-236Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.01.008
Keywords
Carbon surface properties; Ba-promoted Ru catalyst; Stability; Ammonia synthesis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21776047, 21203028]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2015J05023]
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Carbon-supported Ru catalyst is arguably the most promising applications of Ru catalysts in ammonia synthesis. However, the insufficient stability of Ru/C catalyst greatly limits its applications, and the elimination of surface oxygen species by carbon preactivation has been imagined to be an efficient method for preparing Ru/C catalyst with high stability. However, herein we demonstrate that the presence of some oxygen functional groups in carbon support of Ba-promoted Ru/C catalyst was beneficial not only to the dispersion of Ru particles, but also to the low-temperature hydrogen adsorption. Furthermore, the formation of CO during heat treatment, which was closely related to oxygen groups, enhanced the ammonia synthesis activities of carbon-supported Ru catalyst with Ba promoter. Therefore, Ru catalyst supported on carbon with a large number of surface oxygen groups showed higher activity. Understanding the effect of carbon support surface on the activity and stability of Ru/C provides a basis for the rational design of the optimal carbon-supported metal catalyst for ammonia synthesis and related reactions.
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