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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL
Volume 169, Issue 1-2, Pages 295-301Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S1381-1169(01)00048-6
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Ni-B/gamma-Al2O3; amorphous alloy; high dispersion; benzene hydrogenation; preparation
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A two-step dying approach was proposed for the preparation of supported amorphous Ni-B/gamma -Al2O3 catalyst. After wetness impregnation of NiCl2 aqueous solution, the catalyst precursor was dried at 343 K first, followed by drying at 383 K before KBH4 reduction (denoted as Ni-B/gamma -Al2O3 (LT)). For comparison, the precursor was directly dried at 383 K and reduced by KBH4 (denoted as Ni-B/gamma -Al2O3 (HT)). Liquid phase hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexane was employed as the probe reaction. While X-ray diffraction (XRD), extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and turnover frequency (TOF) revealed no considerable electronic or structural difference between the active components of these two catalysts, scanning electron micrography (SEM), H-2 chemisorption and XPS intensity analysis demonstrated the higher dispersion of active component in the Ni-B/gamma -Al2O3 catalyst prepared by the two-step drying approach, which can account for the superior catalytic performance of Ni-B/gamma -Al2O3 (LT) to Ni-B/gamma -Al2O3 (HT) in benzene hydrogenation. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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