Abstract
Carbon nanotubes with various surface modifications are utilized as supports for iron species and the resulting catalysts are used for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of C2–C4 olefins with and without the addition of Na and S promoters. A layer of nitrogen-doped carbon on the carbon nanotube surface serves as an efficient promoter independent of the presence of Na/S. It leads to significantly faster catalyst activation as compared to the tubes without such a layer resulting from an electronic junction effect at the iron-support interface. The tandem of Na/S- plus N-doped carbon promoted catalysts provide a record high iron-time-yield of up to 94∙10−5molCO gFe -1 s-1 under industrially relevant Fischer-Tropsch conditions (340 °C, 10 bar, H2/CO = 2) and slow deactivation over more than 185 h of time on stream. Furthermore, this tandem promotion leads to enhanced C2–C4 olefin and C5+ selectivity along with reduced methanization as compared to the solely Na/S-promoted catalysts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 213-220 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Applied Catalysis. A, General |
Volume | 568 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Nov 2018 |
Funding
S.M.G.L. and M.O. gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Max Planck Society . We thank Dr. Nadja Tarakina and Heike Runge for help with the electron microscopy experiments. Appendix A
Keywords
- C–C olefins
- Carbon supports
- Electronic junction
- Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- Iron catalysts