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A set of Mo2N-based bimetallic catalysts with high surface area around 140 m 2 /g have been successfully prepared from precursors obtained using the coprecipitation method. Both the precursors and the end-catalysts were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The nitriding processes were monitored by differential thermal analysis (TDA). The catalytic properties of Co-Mo bimetallic catalyst under mediumpressure (3.0 MPa) are much better for the hydrodenitrogenation of pyridine than those of pure γ-Mo2N and a commercially used sulfided CoMo/Al2O3 catalyst. The introduction of the second metal component has been shown to disrupt the morphology of the nitride phase with a greater concentration of (111) planes being present compared to (200) planes, a situation that is reversed compared to γ-Mo2N.
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Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Raval, R. et al. The modification of molybdenum nitrides: the effect of the second metal component. Catalysis Letters 48, 239–245 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019095524872
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