OA50 Early Transition Metal Carbide and Nitride Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Thursday, June 9, 2011: 8:00 AM
Cabot Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Josh A. Schaidle, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Levi T. Thompson, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
A series of high surface area Group V and VI transition metal carbides and nitrides was synthesized, characterized, and evaluated for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The most active materials were Mo2C and W2C.  The Mo2C surface was capable of direct CO dissociation without H2 assistance, suggesting the reaction follows the carbide mechanism.

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