Improving the stability of cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts by boron promotion

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 11098-11100

  Saeys, Mark ^a   Tan, Kong Fei ^a   Chang, Jie ^b   Borgna, Armando ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DEPOSITES; CARBON DEPOSITION; CO CATALYSTS; DEACTIVATION RATE; DFT CALCULATION; FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYSTS; SURFACE CARBIDES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

BORON; BORON DEPOSITS; CARBIDES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; COBALT; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 78049358007     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100523u     Document Type: Conference Paper

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