文摘
Using mesoporous TiO2 (m-TiO2) as the support, novel nickel phosphide/m-TiO2 catalysts (Ni2P/m-TiO2) were prepared by a temperature-programmed reduction method. The influence of the Ni/P molar ratio and the amount of active component on the catalyst structure and the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) performance was investigated. The results indicated that the reduction of precursor with Ni/P = 1.25 yielded mainly Ni2P, and the optimum loading of Ni was 10 % . The influence of m-TiO2 on the preparation and HDS performance of nickel phosphide catalysts was also evaluated by X-ray diffraction, N2 physisorption, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, and temperature-programmed reduction. The results showed that m-TiO2 with high crystallinity could dramatically decrease the reduction temperatures of Ni and P species. When the reduction temperatures were between 450 and 600 ¡ãC, the textures of the Ni2P/m-TiO2 catalysts were very similar and the specific surface areas were about 90 m2/g. The effects of the support on the dibenzothiophene HDS performance of the nickel phosphide catalysts were also investigated. The results showed that the order of dibenzothiophene conversion was Ni2P/m-TiO2 > Ni2P/SiO2 > Ni2P/P25.