The size-dependent site composition of FCC cobalt nanocrystals

被引：119

作者：

van Helden, Pieter ^{[1
]}

Ciobica, Ione M. ^{[2
]}

Coetzer, Roelof L. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Sasol Grp Technol, ZA-1947 Sasolburg, South Africa

[2] Sasol Technol Netherlands BV, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

来源：

CATALYSIS TODAY | 2016年 / 261卷

关键词：

Cobalt; Nanocrystals; Nanoparticles; Reactive sites; FCC cobalt; Fischer-Tropsch; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; PARTICLE-SIZE; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; CO/SIO2; CATALYSTS; SURFACE ENERGIES; PHASE; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSITION; STABILITY; SUPPORT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cattod.2015.07.052

中图分类号：

O69 [应用化学];

学科分类号：

081704 ;

摘要：

Cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalysts typically contain reactive cobalt metal nanoparticles on support materials. Such metal nanoparticles are expected to have properties that are strongly size-dependent. Noting the size-dependence of the Co FT rate for particle diameters below 10 nm, we aimed to see whether the FCC Co nanoparticle site composition exhibits a corresponding size-dependence. This aim was realised by: building and optimising realistic and representative close-packed Co nanoparticle models at various sizes; defining, identifying and counting the exposed surface sites; generalising these findings based on the small subset of simulated nanocrystal models. Using this approach, the site composition of five defined sites with increasing size up to 8 nm was obtained. The three defined defect/step sites increased in concentration with increasing size, with the B-5-A site and the B-6 site reaching a stable value at about 4 nm, while the B-5-B site still increased somewhat even at 8 nm. This confirms the size-dependent change in the surface site composition for FCC Co nanocrystals. The shape and site composition ranges were also compared to previously calculated Wulff shapes and showed good agreement. Implications of the size-dependent FCC Co site composition on the FT catalysis process are also discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：48 / 59

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