O-W-407-9 Mechanistic Consequences of Ni-Promotion on the Hydrogenation of Phenanthrene over (Ni)MoS2/Al2O3

Wednesday, June 17, 2015: 1:50 PM
407 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Oliver Y. Gutierrez1, Eva Schachtl1, Jong Suk Yoo2, Felix Studt2 and Johannes A. Lercher1, (1)Technische Universit�t M�nchen, Germany, (2)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA.
The effect of Ni on the active sites and hydrogenating functionality of MoS2/γ-Al2O3 was studied through hydrogenation of phenanthrene, IR-spectroscopy and isotopic experiments.  Ni promotion increases the coverage of active SH species and drives the reaction towards deep hydrogenation by optimizing phenanthrene adsorption on Ni-promoted MoS2 edges.

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