NiCo/Al₂O₃ Bimetallic Catalyst

Enhanced long-term stability

Leveraging Ni-Co alloying to suppress metal sintering and surface oxidation, this catalyst achieves high activity and over 180 h stability in the conversion of biomass-derived 2-HTHP under mild conditions.

Yang, Jian · Zhang, Jia · Benassi, Enrico · Li, Xuemei · Liu, Hailong · Fang, Weiguo · Tian, Junying · Xia, Chungu · Huang, Zhiwei

Green Chemical Engineering 2023

Advantages

5-AP yield decreases monotonically with increasing Co content (60 °C)

Reaction stability over 180 h time-on-stream

Ni₂Co₁/Al₂O₃ shows the best stability

Co incorporation inhibits metal sintering and Ni⁰ oxidation