Effects of preparation conditions on the CO methanation performance of Co-Mo carbide catalysts

Jae Min Kim; Sung Hyun Kim; Sung Youl Park; Seong Soo Kim; Seung Jae Lee

doi:10.1016/j.ces.2019.115219

Effects of preparation conditions on the CO methanation performance of Co-Mo carbide catalysts

Jae Min Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Sung Youl Park, Seong Soo Kim, Seung Jae Lee

* Honorary professors

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We prepared activated charcoal-supported Co-Mo carbide catalysts to investigate the effects of solution pH and initial Co/Mo molar ratio. In the absence of Co, no Mo adsorption was observed at pH above the pH_zpc of AC, whereas the introduction of Co at pH > 6 resulted in the co-precipitation of Mo and Co and facilitated Mo adsorption. CO conversions for CO methanation at 400 °C and 30 bar achieved over samples prepared at pH 3 were initially high but decreased with increasing reaction time, whereas CO conversions were maintained at >90% with increasing reaction time for samples prepared at pH > 6. XPS analysis of these high-performance catalysts revealed that the predominant state of surface Mo was Mo⁰ rather than Mo⁴⁺ and Mo⁶⁺. Catalysts with maximum methanation activity, i.e., those with the highest surface Mo⁰ content, were obtained at pH 7 and an initial Co/Mo molar ratio of 1.0.

Original language	English
Article number	115219
Journal	Chemical Engineering Science
Volume	209
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2019.115219
Publication status	Published - 2019 Dec 14

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We acknowledge financial support from the R&D Convergence Program (CAP-16-11-KAERI) funded by the NST (National Research Council of Science & Technology) of the Republic of Korea.

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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

Activated charcoal
Cobalt molybdenum carbide
Initial Co/Mo molar ratio
Wet impregnation
pH

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Chemistry(all)
Chemical Engineering(all)
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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