TY - JOUR EP - 47 Y1 - 2018/08// AV - public VL - 455 SP - 38 TI - A highly active and synergistic Pt/Mo?C/Al?O? catalyst for water-gas shift reaction N1 - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions. PB - Elsevier BV UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2018.05.025 ID - discovery10113325 N2 - Catalysts consisting of Pt and Cu supported on Mo2C/?-Al2O3, Mo2C/?-Al2O3 or Mo2C were prepared and used for the low-temperature water gas shift reaction (WGSR). The catalysts were characterized by elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The catalysts were studied in water gas shift reaction with a reaction mixture containing 11% CO, 43% H2, 6% CO2, 21% H2O (real feed composition mixture from the reformer) and balance He, with a reaction temperature range of 180?300?°C at a space velocity (SV) of 125,000?h?1. Catalyst supports (?-Al2O3 and ?-Al2O3), led to different synergetic effect between the two most active phases of Pt metal and Mo2C. Pt/Mo2C/?-Al2O3 is a promising catalyst (44% conversion at 180?°C) due to the close interaction between Pt and Mo2C phases on the surface of the catalyst. The 4 wt% Pt-Mo2C showed the highest activity where the temperature at which 50% conversion observed was at only 180?°C with SV of 125,000?h?1 and constant stability over 85?h. KW - Water gas shift reaction KW - Molybdenum carbide KW - Platinum KW - Alumina KW - Syngas A1 - Osman, AI A1 - Abu-Dahrieh, JK A1 - Cherkasov, N A1 - Fernandez-Garcia, J A1 - Walker, D A1 - Walton, RI A1 - Rooney, DW A1 - Rebrov, E JF - Molecular Catalysis ER -