Novel magnetic carbon supported molybdenum disulfide catalyst and its application in residue upgrading

摘要

A novel hybrid material consisted of carbon covered Fe_(3)O_(4)nanoparticles and MoS_(2)nanoflower(FCM)was designed and prepared by micelle-assisted hydrothermal methods.Multiple techniques,including X-Ray diffraction(XRD),high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM)and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)were employed to characterize it.The results show that FCM has a flower-like morphology with a 330 nm Fe_(3)O_(4)core as well as 70 nm highly crystalline MoS_(2)shell.FCM is superparamagnetic with a saturation magnetization of 35 emu g-1.Then hydrocracking of Canadian bitumen residue(CBR)was applied to estimate its catalytic activity.The results show that FCM exhibits superior catalytic hydrocracking activity compared to bulk MoS_(2)and commercial oil-dispersed Mo(CO)6 by the same Mo loading.Further measurement by elemental analysis,XPS and XRD reveals that the MoS_(2)nanoflower with abundant catalytic active sites and covered carbon layer with anti-coke ability donate to the superior upgrading performance.Besides,the catalysts can be easily recovered by the external magnetic field.This work provides a novel kind magnetic nanocatalyst which is potential for slurry-phase hydrocracking applications.■2020,Institute of Process Engineering,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Publishing services by Elsevier B.V.on behalf of KeAi Communications Co.,Ltd.This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).