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Internal field 59Co NMR study of cobalt-iron nanoparticles during the activation of CoFe2/CaO catalyst for carbon nanotube synthesis. / Andreev, Andrey S.; Krasnikov, Dmitry V.; Zaikovskii, Vladimir I. et al.
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T1 - Internal field 59Co NMR study of cobalt-iron nanoparticles during the activation of CoFe2/CaO catalyst for carbon nanotube synthesis
AU - Andreev, Andrey S.
AU - Krasnikov, Dmitry V.
AU - Zaikovskii, Vladimir I.
AU - Cherepanova, Svetlana V.
AU - Kazakova, Mariya A.
AU - Lapina, Olga B.
AU - Kuznetsov, Vladimir L.
AU - d'Espinose de Lacaillerie, Jean Baptiste
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - CoFe2/CaO catalysts for multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were characterized during the activation period (T = 670 °C; C2H4/Ar = 1:1, 400 sccm) by internal field 59Co nuclear magnetic resonance. During this induction period, although C2H4 is already reacting, the MWCNT yield remains negligible. The NMR spectra of the catalysts revealed the occurrence of several structural and magnetic species. They were not detectable by conventional X-ray diffraction but the heterogeneity of the metal particles was corroborated by high-resolution transmission electronic microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Two samples quenched at different activation time contained, beside non-reacted pure metal Co particles, strong and weak ferromagnetic alloys. During activation, the pure Co metal content dropped and an increase of the ordering of the cobalt-iron alloy in the catalyst was evidenced thus revealing a multistage activation mechanism for the reaction. We propose this ordering process during the induction period to be an intermediate step between the strong ferromagnetic Co rich alloy and the weak ferromagnetic Fe rich one and that it favors the onset of MWCNTs growth.
AB - CoFe2/CaO catalysts for multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were characterized during the activation period (T = 670 °C; C2H4/Ar = 1:1, 400 sccm) by internal field 59Co nuclear magnetic resonance. During this induction period, although C2H4 is already reacting, the MWCNT yield remains negligible. The NMR spectra of the catalysts revealed the occurrence of several structural and magnetic species. They were not detectable by conventional X-ray diffraction but the heterogeneity of the metal particles was corroborated by high-resolution transmission electronic microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Two samples quenched at different activation time contained, beside non-reacted pure metal Co particles, strong and weak ferromagnetic alloys. During activation, the pure Co metal content dropped and an increase of the ordering of the cobalt-iron alloy in the catalyst was evidenced thus revealing a multistage activation mechanism for the reaction. We propose this ordering process during the induction period to be an intermediate step between the strong ferromagnetic Co rich alloy and the weak ferromagnetic Fe rich one and that it favors the onset of MWCNTs growth.
KW - Co NMR
KW - Activation
KW - Catalysts
KW - Cobalt-iron alloy
KW - Induction period
KW - Multi-walled carbon nanotubes
KW - METAL-CATALYSTS
KW - NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE
KW - BINARY FE
KW - HYPERFINE FIELDS
KW - POLYMERIZABLE COMPLEX METHOD
KW - SHORT-RANGE ORDER
KW - CO ALLOYS
KW - GROWTH
KW - FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS
KW - IN-SITU
KW - Co-59 NMR
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85037678185&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.11.025
DO - 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.11.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037678185
VL - 358
SP - 62
EP - 70
JO - Journal of Catalysis
JF - Journal of Catalysis
SN - 0021-9517
ER -
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