Synthesis and characterization of highly ordered Ni-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves

Highly ordered Ni-MCM-41 samples with nearly atomically dispersed nickel ions were prepared reproducibly and characterized. Similar to the Co-MCM-41 samples, the pore diameter and porosity can be precisely controlled by changing the synthesis surfactant chain length. Nickel was incorporated by isomorphous substitution of silicon in the MCM-41 silica framework, which makes the Ni-MCM-41 a physically stable catalyst in harsh reaction conditions such as CO disproportionation to single wall carbon nanotubes or CO2 methanation. X-ray absorption spectroscopy results indicate that the overall local environment of nickel in Ni-MCM-41 was a tetrahedral or distorted tetrahedral coordination with surrounding oxygen anions. Hydrogen TPR revealed that our Ni-MCM-41 samples have high stability against reduction; however, compared to Co-MCM-41, the Ni-MCM-41 has a lower reduction temperature, and both the H2-TPR and in situ XANES TPR reveal that the reducibility of nickel is not clearly correlated with the pore radius of curvature, as in the case of Co-MCM-41. This is probably a result of nickel being thermodynamically more easily reduced than cobalt. The stability of the structural order of Ni-MCM-41 has been investigated under SWNT synthesis and CO2 methanation reaction conditions as both require catalyst exposure to reducing environments leading to formation of metallic Ni clusters. Nitrogen physisorption and XRD results show that structural order was maintained under both SWNT synthesis and CO2 methanation reaction conditions. EXAFS results demonstrate that the nickel particle size can be controlled by different prereduction temperatures but not by the pore radius of curvature as in the case of Co-MCM-41.     

Effect of support and cobalt precursors on the activity of Co/AlPO4 catalysts in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

Cobalt supported on amorphous aluminum phosphate (Co/AlPO₄) catalysts were prepared by the impregnation method using three different cobalt precursors such as cobalt nitrate, acetate and chloride to elucidate the activity of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. The use of AlPO₄ as a support for cobalt-based catalysts exhibits better catalytic performance during FTS reaction than the corresponding Co/Al₂O₃ catalyst. TPR results also suggest that the reducibility of the catalysts varies with the nature of cobalt precursors employed during the impregnation on AlPO₄ support. The Co/AlPO₄ catalyst prepared from cobalt nitrate shows higher CO conversion and C₈+ selectivity than the others due to the facile formation of homogeneous cobalt particles with proper electronic characters and high reducibility. Interestingly, all Co/AlPO₄ showed a growth of filamentous carbon initiated from the large mobile cobalt particles during the reaction. The differences in catalytic properties of Co/AlPO₄ are mainly attributed to the cobalt particle size, reducibility with different electronic states of metallic cobalt, pore diameter of AlPO₄ and formation of filamentous carbon.     

Controlling of physicochemical properties of nickel-substituted MCM-41 by adjustment of the synthesis solution pH and tetramethylammonium silicate concentration

The effect of initial synthesis solution pH and tetramethylammonium silicate concentration in the synthesis solution on the physical and chemical properties of MCM-41 was systematically investigated using N(2) physisorption, X-ray diffraction, temperature-programmed reduction, in situ Fourier transform IR, UV-vis, and X-ray absorption spectroscopies. pH and tetramethylammonium (TMA) fraction affect the porosity of MCM-41 and the reducibility of incorporated Ni cations; higher pH and TMA concentration produced more porosity with higher stability against reduction, which is attributed to more metal ions locating in the interior of the silica walls. The control of the pore diameter of mesoporous MCM-41 at the sub-nanometer scale may be accomplished by adjusting the pH and TMA fraction. pH may be used to control the surface free silanol group density and nickel reduction degree as well, and this is useful in the design of a specific catalyst for particular reactions, such as CO methanation, which requires highly dispersed, stable metallic clusters with controllable size.     

Influence of the pore structure of MCM-41 and SBA-15 silica fibers on atomic layer chemical vapor deposition of cobalt carbonyl

Mesoporous high surface area MCM-41 and SBA-15 type silica materials with fibrous morphology were synthesized and used as support materials for the ALCVD (atomic layer chemical vapor deposition) preparation of Co/MCM-41 and Co/SBA-15 catalysts. Co/MCM-41 and Co/SBA-15 catalysts were prepared by deposition of Co2(CO)8 from the gas phase onto the surfaces of preheated support materials in a fluidized bed reactor. For both silica materials, two different kinds of preparation methods, direct deposition and a pulse deposition method, were used. Pure silica supports as well as supported cobalt catalysts were characterized by various spectroscopic (IR) and analytical (X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, elemental analysis) methods. MCM-41 and SBA-15 fibers showed considerable ability to adsorb Co2(CO)8 from the gas phase. For MCM-41 and SBA-15 silicas, cobalt loadings of 13.7 and 12.1 wt % were obtained using the direct deposition method. The cobalt loadings increased to 23.0 and 20.7 wt % for MCM-41 and SBA-15 silicas, respectively, when the pulse deposition method was used. The reduction behavior of silica-supported cobalt catalysts was found to depend on the catalyst preparation method and on the mesoporous structure of the support material. Almost identical reduction properties of SBA-15-supported catalysts prepared by different deposition methods are explained by the structural properties of the mesoporous support and, in particular, by the chemical structure of the inner surfaces and walls of the mesopores. Pulse O2/H2 chemisorption experiments showed catalytically promising redox properties and surface stability of the prepared MCM-41- and SBA-15-supported cobalt catalysts.     

Co掺杂ZnO/MCM-41分子筛的制备及对异戊醇的催化氧化性能

以Co掺杂的介孔分子筛MCM-41为载体, 采用等体积浸渍法制备了系列5%ZnO/xCo-MCM-41催化剂, 并用于催化分子氧氧化异戊醇合成异戊醛的反应. 通过X射线衍射(XRD), 傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR), 紫外-可见漫反射光谱(UV-Vis DRS), 扫描电子显微镜(SEM), 氨气程序升温脱附(NH₃-TPD), 氢气程序升温还原(H₂-TPR)和氮气吸附-脱附等手段对样品进行表征, 并考察了Co掺杂量对分子筛结构和催化性能的影响. 结果表明, 随着Co掺杂量的增大, 样品的比表面积和孔体积均减小, 而其平均孔径呈先增大后减小的趋势. 当Co掺杂量为0.05时, 5%ZnO/0.05Co-MCM-41仍保持了MCM-41高度有序的六方介孔结构, 具有高比表面积(989 m²/g)、较大孔径(2.88 nm)和孔体积(0.88 cm³/g), 引入的Co主要以孤立态钴离子[Single-site Co(Ⅱ)]形式存在于MCM-41骨架, MCM-41骨架中的Co可以有效提高ZnO微粒的分散度, 适度降低5%ZnO/MCM-41的表面酸性, 并大幅度提高5%ZnO/MCM-41的氧化还原性. 与5%ZnO/MCM-41相比, 5%ZnO/0.05Co-MCM-41可使异戊醛的选择性提高28.3%.     

介孔分子筛COAPSO的合成、表征及其环己烷氧化催化性能

采用一步晶化法合成了具有McM-41介孔分子筛结构的CoAPSO分子筛.用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、元素分析(ICP)、氮气吸附、透射电镜(TEM)、紫外可见漫反射光谱(UV-Vis)和热重分析(TG)等对样品进行了表征.合成的样品热稳定性高,孔径大约在2.5 nm左右.钴原子以四配位形式进入介孔孔壁中;随着钴含量增加,样品的孔径减小,孔壁增厚.在环己烷氧化反应中,所合成的CoAPSO分子筛显示出较高的催化活性和环己酮选择性;当钴含量为0.34%时,单位钴原子上环己烷的转化数达到420.5.     

模板剂对全硅MCM-41介孔分子筛结构的影响

分别采用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵和十六烷基三乙基溴化铵作为模板剂,硅溶胶为硅源,用水热晶化法在碱性（NaOH）介质中合成了MCM-41介孔分子筛样品.通过XRD、N2吸附-脱附、TG-DTA、IR等测试手段对这两种样品进行了对比表征分析.考察了两种不同模板剂对其晶体结构、比表面及孔径大小的影响.实验结果表明,相对于十六烷基三甲基溴化铵做模板剂,采用大头基的十六烷基三乙基溴化铵可以合成较大孔径和孔容（分别为4.72 nm和1.14 cm3•g-1）的MCM-41介孔分子筛,而且具有较窄的孔径分布,因此对于合成大孔径的介孔分子筛MCM-41,十六烷基三乙基溴化铵是一种很好的模板剂.     

介孔材料Co-MCM-41的合成及其吸附脱除各种碱性氮化物

采用水热法合成了MCM-41和不同Co/Si物质的量比的Co-MCM-41介孔材料,并采用XRD、FT-IR和低温氮气吸附-脱附方法对样品进行了表征。FT-IR及XRD表征结果说明,Co原子已经进入了介孔材料的孔壁。合成的MCM-41及Co/Si(物质的量比)为0.18以下的Co-M CM-41都具有六方有序排列的介孔结构。当加入的Co/Si(物质的量比)为0.22时,样品的(100)峰完全消失,不具备六方有序排列的介孔结构,说明以硝酸钴为钴源合成Co-MCM-41的最大Co加入量为Co/Si(物质的量比)为0.18左右。与MCM-41相比,各Co-MCM-41样品的XRD(100)峰随着Co加入量的增加逐渐变宽变弱,比表面积和孔容变小,平均孔径增大。当加入的Co/Si物质的量比大于0.06时,Co-MCM-41的介孔孔道中存在少量聚集态的Co3O4。利用合成的Co-MCM-41吸附脱除氮含量为1737.35μg/g模拟燃料中的碱性氮化物喹啉、苯胺或吡啶,结果表明,所有样品的吸附脱氮效果顺序为苯胺吡啶喹啉。Co-MCM-41(0.06)的吸附容量和氮脱除率明显要高于其他样品,对苯胺、吡啶和喹啉的吸附容量分别为42.17、35.66和29.18 mg(N)/g,去除率分别为82.38%、73.53%和61.11%。添加到模拟燃料中的芳烃化合物萘、苯或甲苯对其吸附脱氮没有影响,表明介孔材料Co-MCM-41对各种含氮化合物的吸附主要是N原子与Co的配位络合吸附,而不是π-π络合作用。采用焙烧或乙醇溶剂洗涤再生后的Co-MCM-41(0.06)恢复了吸附脱氮能力,说明其具有较好的再生性能。     

Characterization of CoMCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves obtained by the microwave irradiation method

CoMCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves with different amounts of cobalt were synthesized via the microwave irradiation method. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), temperature programmed reduction (TPR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and N₂ adsorption-desorption technique, and thermal and hydrothermal stabilities of synthesized CoMCM-41 samples were also investigated. Results show that these synthesized materials have typical mesoporous structure of MCM-41. Also, specific surface area and pore volume of synthesized CoMCM-41 decrease with increasing amount of cobalt added, and mesoporous ordering also decreases. When the molar ratio of SiO₂:CoO in the starting material is 1.0:0.05, mesoporous ordering of synthesized CoMCM-41 is the best among the four doping contents. On the other hand, results of thermal and hydrothermal tests show that CoMCM-41 after calcination at 750 °C for 3 h or hydrothermal treatment at 100 °C for 5 days still retains mesostructure. However, mesoporous framework is entirely damaged after calcination at 850 °C for 3 h.     

X-ray absorption spectroscopic investigation of partially reduced cobalt species in Co-MCM-41 catalysts during synthesis of single-wall carbon nanotubes

Chemometric tools were employed to analyze the in-situ dynamic X-ray absorption spectroscopy data to probe the state of Co-MCM-41 catalysts during reduction in pure hydrogen and under single-wall carbon nanotube synthesis reaction conditions. The use of the progressive correlation analysis established the sequence in which changes in the spectral features near the Co K edge occurred, and the evolving factor analysis provided evidence for the formation of an intermediate Co(1+) ionic species during reduction of the Co-MCM-41 catalyst in pure hydrogen up to 720 degrees C. This intermediate species preserves the tetrahedral environment in the silica framework and is resistant to complete reduction to the metal in H(2). While the Co(2+) species is resistant to reduction in pure CO, the intermediate Co(1+) species is more reactive in CO most likely forming cobalt carbonyl-like compounds with high mobility in the MCM-41. These mobile species are the precursors of the metallic clusters growing carbon nanotubes. Controlling the rates of each step of this two-stage reduction process is key to controlling the size of the metallic Co clusters formed in Co-MCM-41 catalysts.     

Liquid Phase Hydrogenolysis of Biomass‐derived Lactate to 1,2‐Propanediol over Silica Supported Cobalt Nanocatalyst

Liquid phase hydrogenolysis of ethyl lactate to 1,2‐propanediol was performed over silica supporting cobalt catalysts prepared by two different methods: precipitation‐gel (PG) technique and deposition‐precipitation (DP) procedure. The cobalt species (Co₃O₄/cobalt phyllosilicate) present in the corresponding calcined PG and DP catalysts were different as a consequence of the preparation methods, and Co OH Co olation and Si O Co oxolation molecular mechanisms were employed to elucidate the chemical phenomena during the different preparation procedures. In addition, the texture (BET), reduction behavior (TPR and in‐situ XRD), surface dispersion and state of cobalt species (XPS), and catalytic performance differ greatly between the samples. Because of small particle size, high dispersion of cobalt species and facile reducibility, the Co/SiO₂ catalyst prepared by precipitation‐gel method presented a much higher activity than the catalyst prepared by deposition‐precipitation method. Metallic cobalt is assumed to be the catalytically active site for the hydrogenolysis reaction according to the catalytic results of both cobalt samples reduced at different temperatures and the structure changes after reaction.     

Ti-Si composite oxide-supported cobalt catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation

In the present work, different silica-based supported cobalt (Co) catalysts were synthesized and used for CO2 hydrogenation for methanation. Different supports, such as SSP, MCM-41, TiSSP and TiMCM were used to prepare Co catalysts with 20 wt% Co loading. The supports and catalysts were characterized by means of N2 physisorption, XRD, SEM/EDX, XPS, TPR and CO chemisorption. It is found that after calcination of catalysts, Ti is present in the form of anatase. The introduction of Ti plays important roles in the properties of Co catalysts by:(i) facilitating the reduction of Co oxides species which are strongly interacted with support, (ii) preventing the formation of silicate compounds, and (iii) inhibiting the RWGS reaction. Based on CO2 hydrogenation, the CoTiMCM catalyst exhibites the highest activity and stability.     

Ni-Fe-B/MCM-41非晶态合金的合成与表征

用化学还原沉积法制备了Ni-Fe-B／MCM-41负载型非品态合金催化材料。通过XRD,FT-IR,TPR,SEM,TG及BET研究了非晶态合金对介孔分子筛载体结构的影响及非晶态合金负载后性质和形态的变化。结果表明：非晶态合金没有破坏介孔分子筛的结构,Ni-Fe-B／MCM-41的热稳定性和氧化能力与Ni-Fe-B相比,均有一定提高。     

含Co纳米介孔分子筛的制备与表征

用两步水热法合成出了含Co介孔分子筛,采用XRD,FT-IR,TPR,AFM,BET,B JH等方法对样品的物化性能进行了表征.结果表明合成出了纳米级具有介孔结构的CoMCM-41.样品在550℃焙烧可以将模板剂有效去除而不影响孔结构.所得CoMCM-41比表面积大于500 m2/g,平均孔径分布为3.57 nm,粒径分布在20~40 nm范围内.     

Effect of catalyst confinement and pore size on Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over cobalt supported on carbon nanotubes

This paper studies the impact of structure of cobalt catalysts supported on carbon nanotubes(CNT) on the activity and product selectivity of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis(FTS) reaction.Three types of CNT with average pore sizes of 5,11,and 17 nm were used as the supports.The catalysts were prepared by selectively impregnating cobalt nanoparticles either inside or outside CNT.The TPR results indicated that the catalyst with Co particles inside CNT was easier to be reduced than those outside CNT,and the reducibility of cobalt oxide particles inside the CNT decreased with the cobalt oxide particle size increasing.The activity of the catalyst with Co inside CNT was higher than that of catalysts with Co particles outside CNT.Smaller CNT pore size also appears to enhance the catalyst reduction and FTS activity due to the little interaction between cobalt oxide with carbon and the enhanced electron shift on the non-planar carbon tube surface.     

Cobalt catalysts supported on silica nanotubes for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Silica nanotubes(SNT) have been synthesized using carbon nanotubes(CNT) as a template.Silica-coated carbon nanotubes(SNT-CNT) and SNT were loaded with a cobalt catalyst for use in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis(FTS).The catalysts were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation and characterized by N2 physisorption,X-ray diffraction(XRD),hydrogen temperature programmed reduction(H2-TPR) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).FTS performance was evaluated in a fixed-bed reactor at 493 K and 1.0 MPa.Co/CNT and Co/SNT catalysts showed higher activity than Co/SNT-CNT in FTS because of the smaller cobalt particle size,higher dispersion and stronger reducibility.The results also showed that structure of the support affects the product selectivity in FTS.The synergistic effects of cobalt particle size,catalytic activity and diffusion limitations as a consequence of its small average pore size lead to medium selectivity to C5+ hydrocarbons and CH4 over Co/SNT-CNT.On the other hand,the Co/CNT showed higher CH4 selectivity and lower C5+ selectivity than Co/SNT,due to its smaller average pore size and cobalt particle size.     

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over ruthenium-promoted Co/Al2O3 catalyst with different reduction procedures

The effect of reduction procedure on catalyst properties, activity and products selectivity of ruthenium-promoted Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) was investigated. Catalyst samples were reduced with different reduction gas compositions and passivated before being characterized by TPR and XRD techniques. Different activity and product selectivity analyses were also performed. These results showed that the catalyst dispersion, particle size, and the degree of reduction changed with different reduction gas compositions, which were resulted from the water partial pressures in reduction process that give varying degrees of interaction with the support. It has been suggested that the FTS activity of cobalt catalyst was directly dependent on the catalyst reducibility. A reduction gas with a molar ratio of H2/He = 1 was used to prevent the formation of Co-support compound during catalyst reduction.     

以CTMABr和CTMAOH为共模板剂合成MCM-41

采用共模板剂水热合成了MCM-41.分别用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、固体核磁共振(²⁷AlMASNMR)和N₂吸附等温线技术考察了用该方法和传统方法所制备的Si-MCM-41和Al-MCM-41样品的晶相结构、孔结构以及Al在分子筛中的化学环境.结果表明,用共模板剂方法合成的MCM-41样品,其纯度和孔径均一性显著提高,特别是当样品中Al含量较高时,仍可保证Al原子以四配位结合在MCM-41的硅骨架上.还就采用共模板剂的理论依据进行了讨论.     

An analytical approach to determine the pore shape and size of MCM-41 materials from X-ray diffraction data

The pore shape and size of MCM-41 were studied analytically by comparing the observed powder X-ray diffraction intensities with that derived from the MCM-41 crystal structure models, with two different pore shapes, a hexagon and a circle. The powder diffraction patterns from the as-synthesized and the calcined MCM-41 were measured by a synchrotron radiation at SPring-8, Japan. The MCM-41 structure with circular and hexagonal pore shapes explains well for the as-synthesized and the calcined MCM-41 crystals, respectively. The pore size and boundary obtained by this approach agree with those obtained from an N2 gas adsorption measurement combined with the Fourier synthesized density map.     

X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Mn/Co/TiO2 Fischer-Tropsch catalysts: relationships between preparation method, molecular structure, and catalyst performance

The effects of the addition of manganese to a series of TiO(2)-supported cobalt Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalysts prepared by different methods were studied by a combination of X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and in situ X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy at the Co and Mn K-edges. After calcination, the catalysts were generally composed of large Co(3)O(4) clusters in the range 15-35 nm and a MnO(2)-type phase, which existed either dispersed on the TiO(2) surface or covering the Co(3)O(4) particles. Manganese was also found to coexist with the Co(3)O(4) in the form of Co(3-x)Mn(x)O(4) solutions, as revealed by XRD and XAFS. Characterization of the catalysts after H(2) reduction at 350 degrees C by XAFS and TEM showed mostly the formation of very small Co(0) particles (around 2-6 nm), indicating that the cobalt phase tends to redisperse during the reduction process from Co(3)O(4) to Co(0). The presence of manganese was found to hamper the cobalt reducibility, with this effect being more severe when Co(3-x)Mn(x)O(4) solutions were initially present in the catalyst precursors. Moreover, the presence of manganese generally led to the formation of larger cobalt agglomerates ( approximately 8-15 nm) upon reduction, probably as a consequence of the decrease in cobalt reducibility. The XAFS results revealed that all reduced catalysts contained manganese entirely in a Mn(2+) state, and two well-distinguished compounds could be identified: (1) a highly dispersed Ti(2)MnO(4)-type phase located at the TiO(2) surface and (2) a less dispersed MnO phase being in the proximity of the cobalt particles. Furthermore, the MnO was also found to exist partially mixed with a CoO phase in the form of rock-salt Mn(1-x)Co(x)O-type solid solutions. The existence of the later solutions was further confirmed by scanning transmission electron microscopy with electron energy loss spectroscopy (STEM-EELS) for a Mn-rich sample. Finally, the cobalt active site composition in the catalysts after reduction at 300 and 350 degrees C was linked to the catalytic performances obtained under reaction conditions of 220 degrees C, 1 bar, and H(2)/CO = 2. The catalysts with larger Co(0) particles ( approximately >5 nm) and lower Co reduction extents displayed a higher intrinsic hydrogenation activity and a longer catalyst lifetime. Interestingly, the MnO and Mn(1-x)Co(x)O species effectively promoted these larger Co(0) particles by increasing the C(5+) selectivity and decreasing the CH(4) production, while they did not significantly influence the selectivity of the catalysts containing very small Co(0) particles.