title: Nanocrystalline Iron-Ore-Based Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis.
abstract: Nanocrystalline iron ore particles were fabricated by a wet-milling process using an Ultra Apex Mill, after which they were used as raw materials of iron-based catalysts for low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) below 280 degrees C, which usually requires catalysts with a high surface area, a large pore volume, and a small crystallite size. The wet-milling process using the Ultra Apex Mill effectively destroyed the initial crystallite structure of the natural iron ores of several tens to hundreds of nanometers in size, resulting in the generation of nanocrystalline iron ore particles with a high surface area and a large pore volume. The iron-ore-based catalysts prepared from the nanocrystalline iron ore particles effectively catalyzed the low-temperature FTS, displaying a high CO conversion (about 90%) and good C5+ hydrocarbon productivity (about 0.22 g/g(cat)(-h)). This demonstrates the feasibility of using the iron-ore-based catalysts as inexpensive and disposable catalysts for the low-temperature FTS.
authors.forename: Seok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Ji Chan
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ho-Tae
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Il
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: SungJun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Heon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Dong Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Chun