The recent development of efficient Earth-abundant transition-metal nanocatalysts

D Wang, D Astruc - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Whereas noble metal compounds have long been central in catalysis, Earth-abundant metal-
based catalysts have in the same time remained undeveloped. Yet the efficacy of Earth …

Chemical and thermal sintering of supported metals with emphasis on cobalt catalysts during Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

M Rahmati, MS Safdari, TH Fletcher, MD Argyle… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This comprehensive critical review combines, for the first time, recent advances in nanoscale
surface chemistry, surface science, DFT, adsorption calorimetry, and in situ XRD and TEM to …

Compositional Evolution of Individual CoNPs on Co/TiO2 during CO and Syngas Treatment Resolved through Soft XAS/X-PEEM

C Qiu, Y Odarchenko, Q Meng, H Dong… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The nanoparticle (NP) redox state is an important parameter in the performance of cobalt-
based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) catalysts. Here, the compositional evolution of …

Real-time scattering-contrast imaging of a supported cobalt-based catalyst body during activation and Fischer–Tropsch synthesis revealing spatial dependence of …

P Senecal, SDM Jacques, M Di Michiel… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A combination of time-resolved synchrotron μ-X-ray diffraction computed tomography (μ-
XRD-CT) and μ-pair distribution function computed tomography (μ-PDF-CT) has been …

Direct evidence of surface oxidation of cobalt nanoparticles in alumina-supported catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

C Lancelot, VV Ordomsky, O Stéphan… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Activity and stability of cobalt nanoparticles supported on mesoporous oxides is of extreme
importance for the design of efficient catalysts for low-temperature Fischer–Tropsch …

Effect of pretreatment method on the nanostructure and performance of supported Co catalysts in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

RW Mitchell, DC Lloyd, LGA van de Water… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Understanding precursor transformation to active catalysts is crucial to heterogeneous
Fischer–Tropsch (FT) catalysis directed toward production of hydrocarbons for transportation …

Catalyst characterisation techniques and reaction cells operating at realistic conditions; towards acquisition of kinetically relevant information

NE Tsakoumis, APE York, D Chen… - Catalysis Science & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The study of catalytic materials is commonly approached from three standpoints; catalyst
preparation, catalyst characterisation and ultimately the evaluation of catalytic performance …

[PDF][PDF] The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis: a few enduring mechanistic conundrums revisited

E Iglesia, D Hibbitts - J. Catal, 2022 - hibbitts.rc.ufl.edu
Few catalytic processes have garnered attention in practice as persistently as the Fischer-
Tropsch synthesis (FTS); even fewer have led to the passionate mechanistic polemics that …

Effect of phase and size on surface sites in cobalt nanoparticles

R Agrawal, P Phatak, L Spanu - Catalysis Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics was applied to simulate cobalt nanoparticles to understand the effects
of particles size and crystal phases on the distribution of surfaces sites relevant for Fischer …

Small Angle Scattering Techniques for the Study of Catalysts and Catalytic Processes

F Herrera, G Rumi, PY Steinberg, A Wolosiuk… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Small‐Angle Scattering (SAS) techniques are essential tools for the
characterization of catalysts before, during and after catalytic reactions. Either based on X …