Potassium-decorated active carbon supported Co-Mo-based catalyst for water-gas shift reaction

The effect of potassium-decoration was studied on the activity of water-gas shift(WGS)reaction over the Co-Mo-based catalysts supported on active carbon(AC),which was prepared by incipient wetness co-impregnation method.The decoration of potassium on active carbon in advance enhances the activities of the CoMo-K/AC catalysts for WGS reaction.Highest activity(about 92% conversion)was obtained at250 ℃ for the catalyst with an optimum K2O/AC weight ratio in the range from 0.12 to 0.15.The catalysts were characterized by TPR and EPR,and the results show that activated carbon decorated with potassium makes Co-Mo species highly dispersed,and thus easily reduced and sulfurized.XRD results show that an appropriate content of potassium-decoration on active carbon supports may favors the formation of highly dispersed Co9Ss-type structures which are situated on the edge or a site in contact with MoS2,K-Mo-O-S,Mo-S-K phase.Those active species are responsible for the high activity of CoMo-K/AC catalysts.