Use of Nb2O5 as nickel passivating agent: characterisation of the Ni/Nb2O5/SiO2 system

Autor: Jordi Llorca, Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina, Luciana Tavares dos Santos, Narcís Homs, Evandro Brum Pereira, Marcelo Maciel Pereira
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Catalysis Today. 78:459-465
ISSN: 0920-5861
Popis: Niobia-modified silica was used as support for nickel-based catalysts. Catalysts with different nickel loading were prepared by successive incipient-wetness impregnation of toluenic nickel octanoate solutions. The samples were characterised after both calcination and reduction by TEM-EDX techniques and tested in the ethane hydrogenolysis. Their catalytic behaviour was compared to that of related silica-supported nickel catalysts. A high suppression of hydrogenolysis activity (93–99%) was determined for the niobia-modified silica-supported nickel catalysts which do not show nickel particles on silica.
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