Characteristics and reactivities of cobalt based mesoporous silica catalysts for fischer-tropsch synthesis

Abstract Performance in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) and characteristics were investigated using Co-based HMS, MSU-1, and SBA-12 mesoporous silica catalysts. Due to the surface compound resistant to reduction for Co/MSU-1 and Co/SBA-12 and the decreasing number of the active site for Co/HMS, Co/SBA-12, Co/MSU-1 respectively, FTS activities of the catalysts decreased for Co/HMS, Co/SBA-12, and Co/MSU-1 respectively, and Co/HMS showed the lowest methane selectivity about 8.0 (wt)%.