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Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene over Few‐Layer MoS 2 Covered with Cobalt and Nickel Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Rao Bolla Govinda,
Matte H. S. S. Ramakrishna,
Chaturbedy Piyush,
Rao C. N. R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201300012
Subject(s) - thiophene , hydrodesulfurization , nickel , cobalt , nanoparticle , materials science , layer (electronics) , butane , graphene , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , sulfur , organic chemistry , engineering
The hydrodesulfurization reaction of thiophene has been investigated over graphene‐like few‐layer MoS 2 as well as over Co‐ and Ni‐nanoparticle‐covered few‐layer MoS 2 . Conversion of thiophene to n ‐butane over few‐layer MoS 2 is superior to that over bulk MoS 2 ; the percent conversion is approximately 64 % at 450 °C. However, over few‐layer MoS 2 covered with Co or Ni nanoparticles the conversion increases to approximately 98 % at around 375 °C as a result of the smaller nanoparticles being more effective.