P-Tu-B-177 Understand the Morphology of NiMo Catalyst Using Raman Mapping and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)

Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)
Naveenji Arun1, Jason Maley1, Ramaswami Sammynaiken1, Yongfeng Hu2 and Ajay K. Dalai1, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Canada, (2)Canadian Light Source, Canada.
Hydrodeoxygenation of canola oil was carried out using oxide and nitride phase of NiMo supported on γ-Al2O3, HMS and SBA-15. Raman spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES and EXAFS) were employed to obtain the chemical map of the catalyst and  determine the structure of the catalyst.

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