Single step decomposition and activation of noble metal complexes on catalytic supports
AssigneeExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
InventorsStephen J. McCarthy, William G. Borghard
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Abstract
The present invention is a method to activate a noble metal complex dispersed on a catalyst support comprising calcining in hydrogen in order to decompose and reduce the noble metal complex in a single step. In a preferred embodiment, the noble metal catalyst is a combination of platinum and palladium and the noble metal complexes are the hydroxides.
Claims6
A single-step method to decompose and activate a noble metal hydroxide complex containing a combination of platinum and palladium metals on a catalyst support containing MCM-41 comprising calcining in hydrogen in order to decompose and reduce the noble metal complexes, wherein said single-step method is substantially equivalent to a conventional two-step method.
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