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Cover Picture: De Novo Design of Nanostructured Iron–Cobalt Fischer–Tropsch Catalysts (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 16/2013)
Author(s) -
Calderone V. Roberto,
Shiju N. Raveendran,
CurullaFerré Daniel,
Chambrey Stéphane,
Khodakov Andrei,
Rose Amadeus,
Thiessen Johannes,
Jess Andreas,
Rothenberg Gadi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201301758
Subject(s) - fischer–tropsch process , cobalt , catalysis , materials science , chemical engineering , cobalt oxide , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , engineering , selectivity
A recording industry patent from the 1960s forms the inspiration for designing new core–shell Fischer–Tropsch catalysts. By tweaking the deposition and layer‐growth process, G. Rothenberg et al. show in their Communication on page 4397 ff. how uniform spherical particles of iron oxide coated with a 1 nm cobalt shell can be prepared. Pelleted together with nanosized alumina particles, these catalysts are stable up to 673 K, and give good diesel fractions under Fischer–Tropsch conditions.