The relationship between the activity and the precursor phase composition of the molten iron catalyst for ammonia syntbesis has been studied with high pressure testing equipment and XRD. A humped curve between the activity and Fe2+/Fe3+ has been obtained. It is found that the unicity of the iron oxidate phase in precursor is an essential condition of the hlgh activity of the iron catalyst and that the uniform distribution of the adominant phase and the promoters is the key to preparing a catalyst with better performance The humped curve is interpreted using the ratio f of the phase compositions in precursor. A new idea has been obtained that the actlvity change of the molten iron catalyst depends essentially on the mol-ecule ratio of the different iron oxdates in precursor under the certain promoters, and it is found that the FeO based catalyst for alnmonua syntbesis with Wustite phase structure (Fe1-xO, 0.04≤x≤0.10) has the highest activity of all the molten iron catalysts for ammonia synthesis.

A mesoporous titanium/silicon-containing montmorillonite-based catalytic materials has been synthesized by novel gallery-templated techniques. XRD, SEM, framework IR, and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms provided evidence of the formation of Si/Ti pillars. The synthetic materials show potential catalytic application for hydroxylation of phenol with peroxide.

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The effects of promoters K, Ba, Sm on the resistance to carbon-methanation and catalytic activity of ruthenium supported on active carbon (Ru/AC) for ammonia synthesis have been studied by means of TG-DTG (thermalgravity-differential thermalgravity), temperature-programmed desorption, and activity test. Promoters Ba, K, and Sm increased the activity of Ru/AC catalysts for ammonia synthesis significantly. Much higher activity can be reached for Ru/AC catalyst with bi- or tri-promoters. Indeed, the triply promoted catalyst showed the highest activity, coupled to a surprisingly high resistance to methanation. The ability of resistance of promoter to methanation of Ru/AC catalyst is dependent on the adsorption intensity of hydrogen. The strong adsorption of hydrogen would enhance methanation and impact the adsorption of nitrogen, which results in the decrease of catalytic activity.

The effects of promoters K, Ba, Sm on the chemisorption and desorption of hydrogen and nitrogen, dispersion of metallic Ru and catalytic activity of active carbon (AC) supported ruthenium catalyst for ammonia synthesis have been studied by means of pulse chromatography, temperature-programmed desorption, and activity test. Promoters K, Ba and Sm increased the activity of l=tu/AC catalysts for ammonia synthesis significantly, and particularly, potassium exhibited the best promotion on the activity because of the strong electronic donation to metallic Ru. Much higher activity can be obtained for Ru/AC catalyst with binary or triple promoters. The activity of Ru/AC catalyst is dependent on the adsorption of hydrogen and nitrogen. The high activity of catalyst could be ascribed to strong dissociation of nitrogen on the catalyst surface. Strong adsorption of hydrogen would inhibit the adsorption of nitrogen, resulted in decrease of the catalytic activity. Ru/AC catalyst promoted by Sm203 shows the best dispersion of metallic Ru, since the partly reduced SmO~ on the surface modifies the morphology of active sites and favors the dispersion of metallic Ru. The activity of Ru/AC catalysts is in accordance to the corresponding amount of nitrogen chemisorption and the desorption activation energy of nitrogen. The desorption activation energy for nitrogen decreases in the order of Ru>Ru-Ba>Ru-Sm>Ru-Ba-Sm>Ru-K>Ru-K-Sm>Ru-K-Ba>Ru-K-Ba-Sm, just opposite to the order of catalytic activity, suggesting that the ammonia synthesis over Ru-based catalyst is controlled by the step of dissociation of nitrogen.