Effect of the support morphology on the performance of Co nanoparticles deposited on metal–organic framework MIL-53(Al) in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

Abstract A comparative study of novel nanostructured Co-containing catalysts based on nanoscale metal–organic framework MIL-53(Al) synthesized under microwave irradiation and MIL-53(Al) microcrystallites obtained by a solvothermal procedure was conducted for the first time. The catalytic performance of Co@MIL-53(Al) nanohybrids was tested in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. The microwave-assisted synthesis of MIL-53(Al) nanomaterials yields the catalysts that are superior in terms of activity and selectivity their counterpart deposited on the MIL-53(Al) material composed by micrometric scale particles.