Mesoporous LaMnO3 perovskite catalysts with high surface area were synthesized by using the recently developed hard templating method designated as "nanocasting".Ordered mesoporous silica designated as SBA-15 was us...Mesoporous LaMnO3 perovskite catalysts with high surface area were synthesized by using the recently developed hard templating method designated as "nanocasting".Ordered mesoporous silica designated as SBA-15 was used as the hard template.It was found that the surface area of the nanocast perovskites can be tuned(80–190 m2/g)by varying the aging temperature of the SBA-15 template.Nanocast LaMnO3 catalysts showed high conversion efficiencies for the total oxidation of methanol under steady state conditions,the one with the highest value of surface area being the best catalysts,as expected.Kinetic studies were performed for all of the synthesized catalysts.Rate constants were found to vary in accordance with the specific surface area of the nanocast catalyst which depends on the aging temperature of the parent template.From the rate constants obtained from experimental conversions at various space velocities(19500 to 78200 h〈sup〉–1),values of activation energy and pre-exponential factor for the three nanocast LaMnO3 catalysts were determined by the linear regression of the Arrhenius plot.It is observed that the activation energy for all the catalysts remain constant irrespective of the variation in specific surface area.Further,a linear relationship was found to exist between the pre-exponential factor and specific surface areas of the catalysts indicating that the rates per unit surface area remains the same for all the catalysts.展开更多
Silica-dispersed NiMo hydrodesulfurization catalysts were synthesized by the deposition-precipitation method. For comparative purposes, bulk NiMo catalysts were obtained by co-precipitation. The silica-dispersed NiMo ...Silica-dispersed NiMo hydrodesulfurization catalysts were synthesized by the deposition-precipitation method. For comparative purposes, bulk NiMo catalysts were obtained by co-precipitation. The silica-dispersed NiMo catalyst had highly active metals content. Silica was employed to disperse active metals for full utilization of active components. The BET analysis showed that the silica-dispersed NiMo catalysts had a high surface area (147.0 m2/g) and pore volume (0.27 mL/g), whereas the bulk NiMo catalysts exhibited a very low surface area (87.5 m2/g). Transmission electron microscopy results proved that the active components were dispersed on the SiO2 substrate. X-ray diffraction patterns of the silicadispersed NiMo catalyst and the bulk NiMo catalyst were indexed to NiMoO4. The hydrodesulfurization activity of silicadispersed NiMo catalysts was much higher than that of reference catalysts and could be up to twice greater than those of commercial NiMo alumina-supported systems per gram of catalyst. The activity testing results also demonstrated that the silica-dispersed NiMo catalyst was an effective hydrodesulflarization catalyst.展开更多
基金supported by the the National Science and Engineering Research Council(Canada)the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies(Province of Quebec)
文摘Mesoporous LaMnO3 perovskite catalysts with high surface area were synthesized by using the recently developed hard templating method designated as "nanocasting".Ordered mesoporous silica designated as SBA-15 was used as the hard template.It was found that the surface area of the nanocast perovskites can be tuned(80–190 m2/g)by varying the aging temperature of the SBA-15 template.Nanocast LaMnO3 catalysts showed high conversion efficiencies for the total oxidation of methanol under steady state conditions,the one with the highest value of surface area being the best catalysts,as expected.Kinetic studies were performed for all of the synthesized catalysts.Rate constants were found to vary in accordance with the specific surface area of the nanocast catalyst which depends on the aging temperature of the parent template.From the rate constants obtained from experimental conversions at various space velocities(19500 to 78200 h〈sup〉–1),values of activation energy and pre-exponential factor for the three nanocast LaMnO3 catalysts were determined by the linear regression of the Arrhenius plot.It is observed that the activation energy for all the catalysts remain constant irrespective of the variation in specific surface area.Further,a linear relationship was found to exist between the pre-exponential factor and specific surface areas of the catalysts indicating that the rates per unit surface area remains the same for all the catalysts.
基金the financial support from the National Basic Research Program(No. 2010CB226905) of China.
文摘Silica-dispersed NiMo hydrodesulfurization catalysts were synthesized by the deposition-precipitation method. For comparative purposes, bulk NiMo catalysts were obtained by co-precipitation. The silica-dispersed NiMo catalyst had highly active metals content. Silica was employed to disperse active metals for full utilization of active components. The BET analysis showed that the silica-dispersed NiMo catalysts had a high surface area (147.0 m2/g) and pore volume (0.27 mL/g), whereas the bulk NiMo catalysts exhibited a very low surface area (87.5 m2/g). Transmission electron microscopy results proved that the active components were dispersed on the SiO2 substrate. X-ray diffraction patterns of the silicadispersed NiMo catalyst and the bulk NiMo catalyst were indexed to NiMoO4. The hydrodesulfurization activity of silicadispersed NiMo catalysts was much higher than that of reference catalysts and could be up to twice greater than those of commercial NiMo alumina-supported systems per gram of catalyst. The activity testing results also demonstrated that the silica-dispersed NiMo catalyst was an effective hydrodesulflarization catalyst.