OA52 Reducibility of Cobalt Supported on SBA-15 and Zirconia for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Thursday, June 9, 2011: 8:40 AM
Cabot Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Kevin Bakhmutsky1, Noah L. Wieder2, Thomas Baldassare3, Michael A. Smith3 and Raymond J. Gorte2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (3)Department of Chemical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Redox isotherms of cobalt supported on mesoporous silica and zirconia were measured using the coulometric titration technique to determine the oxidation state of supported cobalt particles under Fischer-Tropsch synthesis conditions. Strong oxide-support interactions can cause incomplete reduction of supported cobalt oxide at Fischer-Tropsch synthesis conditions making the catalysts less active.

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