eprintid: 10113325 rev_number: 17 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/11/33/25 datestamp: 2020-10-28 12:21:14 lastmod: 2021-10-13 23:27:54 status_changed: 2020-10-28 12:21:14 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Osman, AI creators_name: Abu-Dahrieh, JK creators_name: Cherkasov, N creators_name: Fernandez-Garcia, J creators_name: Walker, D creators_name: Walton, RI creators_name: Rooney, DW creators_name: Rebrov, E title: A highly active and synergistic Pt/Mo₂C/Al₂O₃ catalyst for water-gas shift reaction ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F43 keywords: Water gas shift reaction, Molybdenum carbide, Platinum, Alumina, Syngas note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Catalysts consisting of Pt and Cu supported on Mo2C/η-Al2O3, Mo2C/γ-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 (η-Al2O3 and γ-Al2O3), led to different synergetic effect between the two most active phases of Pt metal and Mo2C. Pt/Mo2C/η-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. date: 2018-08 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier BV official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2018.05.025 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1824016 doi: 10.1016/j.mcat.2018.05.025 publication_declined: 2020-12-09T23:51:09GMT lyricists_name: Fernandez Garcia, Javier lyricists_id: JFERN78 actors_name: Fernandez Garcia, Javier actors_id: JFERN78 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Molecular Catalysis volume: 455 pagerange: 38-47 citation: Osman, AI; Abu-Dahrieh, JK; Cherkasov, N; Fernandez-Garcia, J; Walker, D; Walton, RI; Rooney, DW; Osman, AI; Abu-Dahrieh, JK; Cherkasov, N; Fernandez-Garcia, J; Walker, D; Walton, RI; Rooney, DW; Rebrov, E; - view fewer <#> (2018) A highly active and synergistic Pt/Mo₂C/Al₂O₃ catalyst for water-gas shift reaction. Molecular Catalysis , 455 pp. 38-47. 10.1016/j.mcat.2018.05.025 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2018.05.025>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10113325/1/Molecular%20Catalysis%20Draft%20BIOGO.pdf