Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Promoted Molybdenum Carbide and Nitride Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts

该研究在本科院校项目，由化学和运输系统的化学和运输系统的部门的化学反应过程计划的部门的分析和表面化学计划的共同支持，重点是碳化钼和氮化物催化剂的合成和表征加氢脱硫化学。 这些材料的合成和促进Co和Ni，吸附的探针分子，如CO和NO的光谱研究的评价，并确定HDS活性的一些模型原料形成的研究范围正在进行的教授Bussell和他的学生在西华盛顿大学。 这项工作介绍了本科生和硕士学位的学生在非均相催化的最先进的研究，并提供了重要的新信息的基础上的加氢脱硫催化新体系。 原油和煤的脱硫是多相催化的一个重要应用领域。 加氢脱硫化学是本研究项目的重点。 合成了新型碳化钼和氮化钼催化剂，并对其进行了表征，评价了Co和Ni助剂对这些材料活性的影响。 这项工作为设计和制备重要的新催化体系提供了基础信息。

This Research in Undergraduate Institution project, supported jointly by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program of the Division of Chemistry and the Chemical Reaction Processes Program of the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems, focusses on the synthesis and characterization of molybdenum carbide and nitride catalysts for hydrodesulfurization chemistry. Synthesis of these materials and promotion by Co and Ni, evaluation by spectroscopic studies of adsorbed probe molecules such as CO and NO, and determination of HDS activity for a number of model feedstocks forms the range of studies being carried out by Professor Bussell and his students at Western Washington University. This work introduces undergraduates and masters degree students to state of the art research in heterogeneous catalysis, and provides important new information about the fundamentals of hydrodesulfurization catalysis on novel bimetallic systems. The removal of sulfur from crude oil and coal is an important application of heterogeneous catalysis. This hydrodesulfurization chemistry is the focus of this research project. Novel molybdenum carbide and molybdenum nitride catalysts are synthesized and characterized in this work, and the effect of Co and Ni promoters on the activity of these materials is evaluated. This work provides fundamental information for the design and preparation of important new catalytic systems.