Effect of the polymeric stabilizer in the Aqueous phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyzed by colloidal cobalt nanocatalysts 

Identifier:  PC:3118

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC3118

Authors:  Claver, C.; Delgado, J.; Castillón, S.; Curulla-Ferré, D.; Godard. C.

Abstract:
A series of small and well defined cobalt nanoparticles were synthesized by the chemical reduction of cobalt salts in water using NaBH4 as a reducing agent and using various polymeric stabilizers. The obtained nanocatalysts of similar mean diameters (ca. 2.6 nm) were fully characterized and tested in the aqueous phase Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (AFTS). Interestingly, the nature and structure of the stabilizers used during the synthesis of the CoNPs affected the reduction degree of cobalt and the B-doping of these NPs and consequently, influenced the performance of these nanocatalysts in AFTS