Chemical precipitation method for the synthesis of Nb2O5 modified bulk nickel catalysts with high specific surface area

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2018

Keywords

Chemical precipitation, Catalysts, Nanostructures, Nanosheets, Hydrodeoxygenation, Lignin

DOI

10.3791/56987

Abstract

We demonstrate a method for the synthesis of NixNb1-xO catalysts with sponge-like and fold-like nanostructures. By varying the Nb:Ni ratio, a series of NixNb1-xO nanoparticles with different atomic compositions (x = 0.03, 0.08, 0.15, and 0.20) have been prepared by chemical precipitation. These NixNb1-xO catalysts are characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The study revealed the sponge-like and fold-like appearance of Ni0.97Nb0.03O and Ni0.92Nb0.08O on the NiO surface, and the larger surface area of these NixNb1-xO catalysts, compared with the bulk NiO. Maximum surface area of 173 m2/g can be obtained for Ni0.92Nb0.08O catalysts. In addition, the catalytic hydroconversion of lignin-derived compounds using the synthesized Ni0.92Nb0.08O catalysts have been investigated.

Source Publication

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volume Number

132

First Page

e56987

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