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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 408, Issue 1-2, Pages 156-162Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2011.09.021
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n-Hexane aromatization; Carbon aerogels; Active phase; Acidity; Pre-treatments
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- Spanish MCIN [CTM2010-18889]
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Metal (Cr, Mo, W) - doped carbon aerogels were synthesized from resorcinol-formaldehyde polymerization, characterized textural and chemically and used as aromatization catalysts. Catalytic performance depended on the thermal treatments applied to the samples and on the nature of the metal phases formed (pure carbon is inactive). Only cracking and aromatization reactions were detected and benzene was produced by dehydrogenation and direct 1-6 ring closure. The partial reduction of the metal oxides led to less acidic surfaces enhancing the aromatization versus cracking. Benzene selectivity of 60% without deactivation was obtained. However, when Ni and Co were reduced to the zero valence, strong interactions with the hexane led to a 100% selectivity to methane. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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