Preparation of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Palladium Catalysts for Biofuel Upgrade – L. Fei, H.K. Reddy, J. Hill, Q. Lin, B. Yuan, Y. Xu, P. Dailey, S. Deng, and H. Luo – Journal of Nanotechnology 2012

Summary: We report the preparation of two hydrocracking catalysts Pd/CoMoO4/silica and Pd/CNTs/CoMoO4/silica (CNTs, carbon nanotubes). The structure, morphologies, composition, and thermal stability of catalysts were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The catalyst activity was measured in a Parr reactor with camelina fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) as the feed. The analysis shows that the palladium nanoparticles have been incorporated onto mesoporous silica in Pd/CoMoO4/silica or on the CNTs surface in Pd/CNTs/CoMoO4/silica catalysts. The different combinations of metals and supports have selective control cracking on heavy hydrocarbons. Link (Open Access): http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnt/2012/309093/

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