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II International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis ABSTRACTS

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this reacti<strong>on</strong> and that the SWNT synthesis requires the producti<strong>on</strong> of small ir<strong>on</strong> particles from<br />

the reducti<strong>on</strong> of highly dispersed FeMoO 4 phase. Such highly dispersed oxide phase has been<br />

obtained from slow oxidati<strong>on</strong> of bimetallic FeMo catalysts. The activity and selectivity<br />

towards SWNT producti<strong>on</strong> is also str<strong>on</strong>gly dependent <strong>on</strong> two key parameters: the Fe/Mo<br />

molar ratio and the gas phase compositi<strong>on</strong>. Low Fe/Mo ratio favours SWNT producti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>cerning the gas phase compositi<strong>on</strong>, N 2 /H 2 /CH 4 mixtures allows low selectivity towards<br />

SWNT whereas Ar/CH 4 mixtures allow to produce SWNT with selectivity as high as 75%<br />

(see Table and Figure below).<br />

Finally, after a simple purificati<strong>on</strong> step, we have used the SWNT c<strong>on</strong>taining material as<br />

support <strong>for</strong> PtRu bimetallic catalysts preparati<strong>on</strong>. Preliminary results c<strong>on</strong>cerning the selective<br />

hydrogenati<strong>on</strong> of cinnamaldehyde to cinnamyl alcohol with this bimetallic systems show<br />

promising results.<br />

Table: Catalyst activity and selectivity<br />

System a Activity b (g C /g cata ) SWNT selectvity c<br />

Fe<br />

Mo<br />

Fe 5 Mo 10<br />

Fe 4 Mo 10<br />

Fe 3 Mo 10<br />

Fe 1 Mo 10<br />

0,1<br />

10<br />

5,5<br />

5.8<br />

8,1<br />

2.9<br />

0<br />

0<br />

~30<br />

~40<br />

~70<br />

~75<br />

a) Fe-Mo weight ratio b) from TGA; c) from TGA and TEM observati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

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