Effect of the Nature of Coke-Forming Species on the Crystallographic Characteristics and Catalytic Properties of Metal–Filamentous Carbon Catalysts in the Selective Hydrogenation of 1,3-Butadiene

The particle morphology and surface structure of nickel metal in metal–filamentous carbon catalysts were found to depend on the nature of coke-forming species used in the synthesis of catalysts. Metal carbonization with hydrocarbons that are characterized by high thermodynamic stability results in the formation of well-cut metal particles the surface of which is formed by (110) facets. Selective hydrogenation reactions of diene and acetylene hydrocarbons to olefins are typical of these catalysts. In the catalytic decomposition of hydrocarbons with relatively low thermodynamic stability, metal particles become irregular in shape, and their surface is formed by (111) facets. In this case, the reactions of full hydrogenation of olefin, diene, and acetylene hydrocarbons to corresponding alkanes take place. These data are consistent with the found dependence of the catalytic properties of catalysts on the character of the exterior faceting of active metal particles.     

Properties and deactivation of the active sites of an MoZSM-5 catalyst for methane dehydroaromatization: Electron microscopic and EPR studies

The MoZSM-5 (4.0 wt % Mo) catalyst has been characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, EDXA, and EPR. Two types of molybdenum-containing particles are stabilized in the catalyst in the course of nonoxidative methane conversion at 750°C. These are 2-to 10-nm molybdenum carbide particles on the zeolite surface and clusters smaller than 1 nm in zeolite channels. According to EPR data, these clusters contain the oxidized molybdenum form Mo⁵⁺. The surface Mo₂C particles are deactivated at the early stages of the reaction because of graphite condensation on their surface. Methane is mainly activated on oxidized molybdenum clusters located in the open molecular pores of the zeolite. The catalyst is deactivated after the 420-min-long operation because of coke buildup on the zeolite surface and in the zeolite pores.     

Direct synthesis of nitrogen-containing filamentous carbon on a high-percentage Ni-Cu catalyst

Nitrogen-containing catalytic filamentous carbon (N-CFC) of chemical composition NC₁₈-NC₁₀₄ has been synthesized by the decomposition of pyridine (Py) from gaseous mixtures with argon or H₂ at 550–800°C on Ni/Al₂O₃ (Ni) and Ni-Cu/Al₂O₃ (Ni-Cu) high-percentage catalysts. The activity of the Ni-Cu catalyst in Py decomposition in mixtures with H₂ is about one order of magnitude higher than its activity in Py/Ar mixtures (more than 70 g N-CFC per metal gram in 4.5 h at 750°C), which is interpreted as arising from the nickel-catalyzed hydrogenation of Py. The formation and growth of carbon fibers occurs through the decomposition of Py (from Ar/Py mixtures) and/or Py hydrodenitrification products (from H₂/Py mixtures). The carbon material has been characterized by elemental analysis, low-temperature nitrogen adsorption, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The effect of the noncatalytic reactions of Py and its transformation products on the composition and texture of N-CFC is discussed.     

Conversion of hydrocarbons on supported catalysts prepared via decomposition of surface complexes. Preparation and properties of (Ga+Pt)/SiO2 and (Ga+Pt)/Al2O3 catalysts

The addition of gallium is shown to increase Pt dispersity and its stability to deactivation in n-hexane dehydrocyclization, to decrease the rate of n-hexane hydrogenolysis and to increase the selectivity to benzene, apparently, due to the interaction of Pt clusters with surface Ga ions.

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Synergetic effect in thiophene hydrogenolysis on sulfied (Ni?Nb)/SiO2 catalysts

Nonadditive increase in the activity of sulfided (Ni–Nb)/SiO₂ catalysts, compared to Nb/SiO₂ and Ni/SiO₂, has been found, with the maximum synergetic effect observed at the atomic ratio =Ni/Ni+Nb=0.2.

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(Ni–Nb)/SiO₂ Nb/SiO₂ Ni/SiO₂, =Ni/(Ni+Nb)=0,2.

     

Influence of anchored cerium ions on the dispersity and activity of Pd/SiO2 catalysts

(Pd+Ce)/SiO₂ catalysts prepared by decomposition of organometallic complexes of Ce and Pd have higher activity, dispersity and selectivity in methanol synthesis than Pd/SiO₂ catalysts.

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, (Pd+Ce)/SiO₂ , Ce Pd, Pd/SiO₂.

     

Physico-chemical properties of silica-supported vanadium oxide catalysts

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The effect of visible light on propane and n-butane oxidation has been sutied on a seires of metal oxides. TiO₂ and ZnO have been found to exert a photocatalytic effect. On TiO₂, propane and n-butane are oxidized to CO₂ and H₂O. On ZnO as catalyst, partial oxidation products, aldehydes and ketones, are formed.

     

TEM and XPS studies of Ni/WS2 catalysts for thiophene hydrogenolysis

Differences in the structure of WS₂ samples with S_BET=7.6 and 75 m²/g are manifested in decreasing lengths of basal faces of some small crystallites in the more dispersed WS₂. This effect increases the relative fraction of lateral faces on the catalyst surface. Ni ions in the Ni/WS₂ catalysts are in an electrondeficient state compared to NiS.

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WS₂ 7,6 ²/qg 75 ²/ WS₂. Ni Ni/WS₂ ( NiS) .

     

Nature of extended defects of CuO

For the first time, using high-resolution electron microscopy, extended defects (twins, screw dislocations and microdistortions) of disperse CuO have been found. Their structure is described.

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Boehmite formation mechanism in precipitate ageing

Phase composition of the products of Al(III) hydroxide ageing at 473 K is shown to be independent of pH. Under these conditions boehmite is always formed whose morphological structure is determined by both the phase composition of freshly precipitated Al(III) hydroxides and the pH of their ageing. A possibility for the formation of needlelike boehmite crystals whose width coincides with the value of b=12.3Å of its unit cell, has been shown.

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