P-Mo-B-171 Tuning of Higher Alcohol Selectivity and Productivity in CO Hydrogenation Reactions over K/MoS2 Domains Supported on Mesoporous Activated Carbon and Mixed Mgal Oxide

Monday, June 15, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
Micaela Taborga Claure1, Christopher W. Jones1, Song-Hai Chai2, Sheng Dai2, Kinga A. Unocic2, Faisal M. Alamgir1 and Pradeep K. Agrawal1, (1)Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.
This work probes the hypothesis that K/Mo supported on a family of MgAl oxide (MMO) and carbon (C) mixed-supports may facilitate tuning of higher alcohol selectivity (due MoS2 domains on the MMO support) and higher alcohol productivity (due to MoS2 domains on the C support).

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