Elucidating the K-Edge X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure of Cobalt Carbide

José G. Moya-Cancino, Ari Pekka Honkanen, Ad M.J. van der Eerden, Herrick Schaink, Lieven Folkertsma, Mahnaz Ghiasi, Alessandro Longo, Florian Meirer, Frank M.F. de Groot, Simo Huotari*, Bert M. Weckhuysen

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Abstract

The cobalt K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure of a cobalt carbide compound, synthetized under in-situ conditions, has been determined by using laboratory-based and synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy. We have carburized pure cobalt metal in-situ, avoiding all adverse effects of metal-support interactions as well as any degradation of the cobalt carbide formed. A non-negative matrix factorization was applied to determine the features of the spectrum of cobalt carbide, highly needed to identify this phase in an unambiguous manner in cobalt-based Fischer-Tropsch catalysts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3042-3045
Number of pages4
JournalChemCatChem
Volume11
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Jul 2019

Keywords

  • Co K-edge
  • Cobalt carbide
  • Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • X-ray spectroscopy

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