Manufacture of highly loaded silica-supported cobalt Fischer–Tropsch catalysts from a metal organic framework

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X. Sun, A.I. Olivos Suarez, M. Meijerink, T. van Deelen, S. Ould-Chikh , J. Zečević, K.P. de Jong, F. Kapteijn & J. Gascon

A collaborative research between Delft and Utrecht University led to the development of a stepwise methodology that, making use of a cobalt-containing metal organic framework as hard template (ZIF-67), allows Independently controlling metal loading, nanoparticle size, distribution, and accessibility this long-standing challenge. Condensation of silica in the Co-metal organic framework pore space followed by pyrolysis and subsequent calcination of these composites renders highly loaded cobalt nanocomposites (~ 50 wt.% Co), with cobalt oxide reducibility in the order of 80% and a good particle dispersion, that exhibit high activity, C5 + selectivity and stability in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. Full article is in the link DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01910-9

Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01910-9

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