Supported Molybdenum Carbide and Nitride Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation

Copyright © 2020 Abou Hamdan, Nassereddine, Checa, Jahjah, Pinel, Piccolo and Perret..

Catalysts based on molybdenum carbide or nitride nanoparticles (2-5 nm) supported on titania were prepared by wet impregnation followed by a thermal treatment under alkane (methane or ethane)/hydrogen or nitrogen/hydrogen mixture, respectively. The samples were characterized by elemental analysis, volumetric adsorption of nitrogen, X-ray diffraction, and aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy. They were evaluated for the hydrogenation of CO2 in the 2-3 MPa and 200-300°C ranges using a gas-phase flow fixed bed reactor. CO, methane, methanol, and ethane (in fraction-decreasing order) were formed on carbides, whereas CO, methanol, and methane were formed on nitrides. The carbide and nitride phase stoichiometries were tuned by varying the preparation conditions, leading to C/Mo and N/Mo atomic ratios of 0.2-1.8 and 0.5-0.7, respectively. The carbide activity increased for lower carburizing alkane concentration and temperature, i.e., lower C/Mo ratio. Enhanced carbide performances were obtained with pure anatase titania support as compared to P25 (anatase/rutile) titania or zirconia, with a methanol selectivity up to 11% at 250°C. The nitride catalysts appeared less active but reached a methanol selectivity of 16% at 250°C.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in chemistry - 8(2020) vom: 04., Seite 452

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abou Hamdan, Marwa [VerfasserIn]
Nassereddine, Abdallah [VerfasserIn]
Checa, Ruben [VerfasserIn]
Jahjah, Mohamad [VerfasserIn]
Pinel, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Piccolo, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Perret, Noémie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CO2 hydrogenation
Carbide
Journal Article
Nitride
Supported catalysts
TiO2
ZrO2

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fchem.2020.00452

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311610099