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The characterisation of hydrogen on nickel and cobalt catalysts

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Date
08/2021
Author
Davidson, Alisha L.
Lennon, David
Webb, Paul B.
Albers, Peter W.
Berweiler, Monika
Poss, René
Roos, Meike
Reinsdorf, Arne
Wolf, Dorit
Parker, Stewart F.
Keywords
Cobalt
Nickel
Fischer-Tropsch
Inelastic neutron scattering
QD Chemistry
3rd-DAS
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Abstract
We have investigated a series of supported and unsupported nickel and cobalt catalysts, principally using neutron vibrational spectroscopy (inelastic neutron scattering, INS). For an alumina supported Ni catalyst we are able to detect hydrogen on the metal for the first time, all previous work has used Raney Ni. For an unsupported Ni foam catalyst, which has similar behaviour to Raney Ni but with a much lower density, the spectra show that there are approximately equal numbers of (100) and (111) sites, in contrast to Raney Ni that shows largely (111) sites. The observation of hydrogen on cobalt catalysts proved to be extremely challenging. In order to generate a cobalt metal surface, reduction in hydrogen at 250–300 °C is required. Lower temperatures result in a largely hydroxylated surface. The spectra show that on Raney Co (and probably also on a Co foam catalyst), hydrogen occupies a threefold hollow site, similar to that found on Co(101¯0). The reduced surface is highly reactive: transfers between cells in a high quality glovebox were sufficient to re-hydroxylate the surface.
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Davidson , A L , Lennon , D , Webb , P B , Albers , P W , Berweiler , M , Poss , R , Roos , M , Reinsdorf , A , Wolf , D & Parker , S F 2021 , ' The characterisation of hydrogen on nickel and cobalt catalysts ' , Topics in Catalysis , vol. 64 , no. 9 , pp. 644-659 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01425-0
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Topics in Catalysis
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-021-01425-0
ISSN
1572-9028
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Journal article
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© The Author(s) 2021. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23744

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