期刊
ACS CATALYSIS
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 3553-3574出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00169
关键词
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; Fe-Ni catalyst; HZSM-5; aromatics production; selectivity; stability
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21576119, 21878127, 21606108, 21706098]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JUSRP51720B]
- Central Laboratory of School of Chemical and Material Engineering of Jiangnan University
- Ordos Key Science & Technology Plan of 2019
- Neimenggu Key Science & Technology Plan of 2019 [2019GG321]
This study reports the use of Na-mediated bimetallic Fe-Ni catalyst simply mixed with HZSM-5 to enhance the stable and selective production of aromatics from syngas. The addition of Ni with Na substantially regulates iron carbide formation and suppresses carbon deposition, leading to increased selectivity to light alpha-olefins. The presence of Na weakens the Fe-Ni interaction, reduces electron transfer from Fe to Ni, and promotes the formation of lighter olefins, demonstrating the potential for developing stable and selective iron-based catalysts for the production of FT products.
Conversion of syngas into aromatics via the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) route provides a promising way to supply the value-added chemicals. However, it is still a great challenge to achieve controllable aromatics selectivity with good stability. Herein, we report the Na-mediated bimetallic Fe-Ni catalyst simply particle mixed with HZSM-5, which can boost the stable and selective production of aromatics from the syngas. In detail, FeNiOx(5:1)-0.41Na exhibits quite stable catalytic activity with notably higher selectivity to light alpha-olefins (C-2(=)-C-4(=)) compared to alpha-Fe2O3-0.75Na. Various characterizations suggest that an appropriate addition of Ni with Na substantially regulates iron carbide formation and suppresses carbon deposition owing to the electron donation of Fe to Ni reducing CO adsorption and dissociation. Interestingly, extra Na results in remarkably increased selectivity to C-1(o)-C-4(o), despite the fact that Na shows the ability to suppress hydrogenation. Both characterizations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that the addition of Na weakens the Fe-Ni interaction and reduces electron transfer from Fe to Ni, which promotes C-1(o)-C-4(o) formation as Ni tends to reflect its intrinsic catalysis. DFT calculations confirm that the adsorbed CH2 species at the Ni-Fe interface prefers to undergo coupling to form C2H4, and the formed C2H4 spontaneously desorbs from the surface, indicating that the formation of lower olefins is favorable and further chain growth is inhibited. This could be attributed to the fact that the accumulated electron at the Ni-Fe interface weakens the binding strength of CH2 and C2H4 species because of electronic repulsion. Furthermore, the effects of FT product distribution on aromatics formation were also investigated. FeMnOx(5:1)-0.40Na produces longer olefin-rich hydrocarbons in C5+ owing to oxygen vacancy-assisted CO dissociation, leading to highly branched monocydic aromatics and faster HZSM-5 deactivation because of increased coking from the isomerization-hydrocracking of long hydrocarbons. In contrast, FeNiOx (5:1)-0.41Na-HZSM-5 produces major light aromatics about 65.7% including toluene, ethyl-benzene, and xylene in total aromatics with about 98.6% aromatics in the liquid phase, which benefits from the fact that FeNiOx(5:1)-0.41Na makes shorter hydrocarbons in C5+ and/or Ni metal has a strong ability of H-2 dissociation to provide atomic H spillover onto HZSM-5. Thus, HZSM-5 also shows improved stability. Note that the mixed catalysts with a high Na content indicate a substantial Na+ migration to increase light alpha-olefins in the gas phase owing to suppress H-transfer reaction. This study provides deep insights into how to develop stable and selective iron-based catalysts for the production of FT products and its further conversion into value-added light aromatics.
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