alpha-Alumina-supported nickel catalysts prepared from nickel acetylacetonate: A TPR study

Molina, R.;Poncelet, Georges
(1998) Journal of Catalysis — Vol. 173, n° 2, p. 257-267 (1998)

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Supported Ni catalysts with low metal loadings prepared by impregnation of alpha-alumina with nickel acetylacetonate (Ni(acac)(2)) have been studied by temperature-programmed reduction (TPR). The effect of the metal loading (between 0.4 and 1.7 wt%), washing and drying, and calcination temperature on the reduction profile, temperature of maximum reduction (T-M), and H-2/Ni ratio has been investigated. Metal-support interactions already exist at the impregnation step. The decomposition-reduction products of the organic moiety perturbing the TPR profiles and H-2 consumptions were suppressed when drying was done at 250 degrees C. Two distinct metal species could be distinguished according to the calcination temperature. The one with T-M values less than or equal to 615 degrees C occurred at calcination temperatures less than or equal to 400 degrees C, whereas at 600 degrees C and above, a second species was characterized by T-M values of 900 degrees C and higher. The two species existed in different proportions in the solids calcined above 400 degrees C and below 600 degrees C. Some indication supported the formation of a nickel aluminate spinel-type phase when the solid was calcined at 600 degrees C and above accounting for the high temperatures needed to reduce nickel oxide. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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Molina, R., & Poncelet, G. (1998). alpha-Alumina-supported nickel catalysts prepared from nickel acetylacetonate: A TPR study. Journal of Catalysis, 173(2), 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1006/jcat.1997.1931 (Original work published 1998)