Facile fabrication of porous Fe@C nanohybrids from natural magnetite as excellent Fischer-Tropsch catalysts

Qian Zhang; Juwen Gu; Jianfeng Chen; Songbai Qiu; Tiejun Wang

doi:10.1039/d0cc01498b

Facile fabrication of porous Fe@C nanohybrids from natural magnetite as excellent Fischer-Tropsch catalysts

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Apr 23;56(33):4523-4526. doi: 10.1039/d0cc01498b.

Authors

Qian Zhang¹, Juwen Gu², Jianfeng Chen², Songbai Qiu¹, Tiejun Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. qiusb@gdut.edu.cn tjwang@gdut.edu.cn and Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Clean Transportation Energy Chemistry, Guangzhou 510006, China.
² School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. qiusb@gdut.edu.cn tjwang@gdut.edu.cn.

PMID: 32292972
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc01498b

Abstract

Fe-Based catalysts play crucial roles in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS). Herein, we for the first time demonstrate a facile sol-gel approach using natural magnetite and citric acid to fabricate porous Fe@C nanohybrids as FTS catalysts. Excellent FTS activity and stability were revealed and attributed to the formation of an Fe3C active phase and a core-shell structure. This flexible synthesis strategy clearly highlights the promising application of such materials in FTS.