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The MoO3-Fe2O3-Al2O3 catalysts were prepared from metal nitrates using a coprecipitation method. It was found that the modification of an alumina-iron catalyst with molybdenum oxide resulted in the formation of a solid solution based on hematite, in which a portion of iron ions was replaced by aluminum and molybdenum ions. The MoO3-Fe2O3-Al2O3 catalyst was reduced with a reaction mixture at 700°C. Under the action of 1,3-butadiene diluted with hydrogen, the solid solution based on hematite was initially converted into magnetite and then into an Fe-Mo alloy. The modification of an alumina-iron catalyst with molybdenum oxide considerably changed its properties in the course of carbon nanotube formation. As the Mo content was increased, the yield of carbon nanotubes passed through a maximum. The optimum catalyst was 6.5% MoO3–55% Fe2O3-Al2O3. The addition of small amounts of MoO3 (to 6.5 wt %) to the aluminairon catalyst increased the dispersity and modified the properties of active metal particles: because of the formation of an Fe-Mo alloy, the rate of growth decreased but the stability of carbon nanotube growth and the yield of the nanotubes increased. A further increase in the molybdenum content decreased the yield because molybdenum is inactive in the test process.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Chesnokov, V.I. Zaikovskii, A.S. Chichkan’, R.A. Buyanov, 2010, published in Kinetika i Kataliz, 2010, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 310–316.
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Chesnokov, V.V., Zaikovskii, V.I., Chichkan’, A.S. et al. Growth of carbon nanotubes from butadiene on a Fe-Mo-Al2O3 catalyst. Kinet Catal 51, 293–298 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0023158410020199
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