Bimetallic Cobalt/Rhenium Systems: Preferred Position of Rhenium Through an Interdisciplinary Approach

摘要

Some commercial type Fischer-Tropsch catalysts are based on rhenium-doped cobalt. In an attempt to elucidate the preferred position of rhenium in the cobalt matrix, we have carried out experimental Low Energy Ion Scattering investigations of oxidized and reduced catalyst samples and computational DFT investigations of bimetallic Co/Re clusters. The results indicate that rhenium preferentially occupies subsurface sites, where it can coordinate to a maximum number of cobalt atoms.