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20-04-2020 | Energy materials

Tuning the interfaces of Co–Co₂C with sodium and its relation to the higher alcohol production in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

Authors: Yang Liu, Shun He, Ruoou Yang, Fanfei Sun, Yuqi Yang, Bingbao Mei, Jincan Kang, Dongshuang Wu, Zheng Jiang

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 21/2020

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Catalytic conversion of the syngas into higher alcohols (HAs) via Fischer–Tropsch (F–T) synthesis is essential due to the widespread applications of HAs. The interfaces of cobalt and cobalt carbide (Co₂C) are found to efficiently promote the HAs formation. However, the study on the links between structural evolution of Co–Co₂C interfaces and HAs production is still lacking. In this work, Co₃O₄ with different contents of sodium (Na) as promoters was synthesized and high-pressure F–T reaction (3 MPa) was carried out in the aim of accelerating the Co₂C formation and tuning the interfaces of Co–Co₂C. XRD, (HR)TEM, ICP, XPS and XAFS were conducted to study the relationship between the variations of Co–Co₂C interfaces and HAs production. With the increasing Na contents, the ratios of Co to Co₂C decreased as revealed by XAFS and the selectivity of HAs was decreasing. The fitting results from EXAFS revealed that the ratio of Co to Co₂C is in direct proportion to the selectivity of HAs. This work provides a theoretical guidance to tune the interfaces of Co–Co₂C and improve the HAs production in F–T reaction.

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Title: Tuning the interfaces of Co–Co2C with sodium and its relation to the higher alcohol production in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis
Authors: Yang Liu
Shun He
Ruoou Yang
Fanfei Sun
Yuqi Yang
Bingbao Mei
Jincan Kang
Dongshuang Wu
Zheng Jiang
Publication date: 20-04-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science / Issue 21/2020
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04612-8

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