Design of a high activity and selectivity alcohol catalyst. Final status report and summary of accomplishments

Technical Report · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/106655· OSTI ID:106655

Foley, H C; Mills, G A

This final DOE report for grant award number DE-FG22-90PC 90291 presents the results of our efforts to better understand the Rh-Mo/{gamma}-Al{sub 2}O3 catalytic system for the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to selectively form oxygenated products. The content of this report is divided into three major sections and a fourth, concluding section which addresses our major research accomplishments, as well as documents the most significant publications and presentations associated with this grant. The three main sections which make up the body of this report are presented in the in form of manuscripts which, in turn, summarize our progress in three areas of this project. The three body sections are organized as follows: Section I--Evidence for site isolation in Rh-Mo bimetallic catalysts derived from organometallic clusters; Section II--Surface Chemistry of Rh-Mo/{gamma}-Al{sub 2}O{sub 3}: An analysis of surface acidity; and Section III--Comparative study of Rh/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} and Rh-Mo/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} Catalysts. Section IV summarizes major accomplishments. The content of this final report is meant to generally highlight our progress in both characterizing the nature of the Rh-Mo/Al{sub 2}O{sub 3} system and probing its reactivity for insight on the oxygenate synergy present in this class of catalysts.

• Research Organization: Delaware Univ., Newark, DE (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG22-90PC90291
• OSTI ID: 106655
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/90291-T13; ON: DE95017768
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 15 Jul 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
40 CHEMISTRY
CARBON MONOXIDE
HYDROGENATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CATALYSTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ALCOHOLS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
RHODIUM
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
MOLYBDENUM
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROGRESS REPORT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
SURFACE PROPERTIES
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS