Abstract:
Effects of CO and H
2 pretreatment on the Fe
2O
3 catalyst and its catalytic performance on the light olefin production through CO hydrogenation were investigated. It was indicated that the catalyst sample pretreated with H
2 at 300℃ favored the formation of Fe
3O
4 and α-Fe phases. Fe
3O
4 was formed with CO pretreatment at 250℃. And, with the increase of pretreatment temperature, iron carbides were formed. The TPD experiment showed that the surface basicity of the catalyst pretreated with CO was stronger than that with H
2. Surface carbonaceous deposition caused decrease of CO
2 and CO adsorption. Comparing to H
2 pretreated catalyst, CO pretreated catalyst has higher selectivity to light olefins.