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Activated carbon from waste biomass as catalyst support: formation of active phase in copper and cobalt catalysts for methanol decomposition

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Activated carbons (AC) from various waste agriculture precursors with different texture and surface characteristics were obtained by different preparation procedures. These AC were used as a host matrix of mono- and bi-component copper and cobalt nanoparticles. The effect of carbon properties on the formation of copper/cobalt phases was studied by Boehm method, XRD, nitrogen physisorption, UV–Vis, FTIR, TPR–TG analysis and methanol decomposition as a catalytic test. The elucidation of activated carbons from waste biomass as catalyst support was based on the comparative study with similar materials supported on mesoporous silica KIT-6. It was demonstrated that contrary to KIT-6, the reduction properties of AC support hinders the formation of spinel CuCo2O4 phase in the bi-component materials, but provides formation of mixture of finely dispersed and highly active and selective in methanol decomposition Cu2O and CoO nanoparticles.

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Financial support of BAS and National Scientific Fund of Ministry of Education and Science, Project DFNI 02/2/2014 is acknowledged.

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  1. Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str., bl. 9, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Tanya Tsoncheva, Izabela Genova, Ivanka Stoycheva, Radostina Ivanova, Boyko Tsyntsarski, Gloria Issa & Nartzislav Petrov

  2. Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str., bl. 11, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Ivanka Spassova & Daniela Kovacheva

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Tsoncheva, T., Genova, I., Stoycheva, I. et al. Activated carbon from waste biomass as catalyst support: formation of active phase in copper and cobalt catalysts for methanol decomposition. J Porous Mater 22, 1127–1136 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-015-9988-7

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