Activated Carbon Catalyst Carrier

One of important application of Activated Carbon is as catalyst Carrier and promoter, also can be directly as catalyst. As a carrier, mainly used to support catalyst, lets catalyst load on its surface and makes it possess certain physical and chemical property, carrier itself generally does not have catalytic activity. Common carriers include activated alumina, activated carbon, molecular sieves, clay, honeycomb ceramics, monox, kaolin, diatomite, etc. Usually used “active component-carrier name” to indicate supported catalyst composition, for example, Pd-activated carbon catalyst for hydrogenation, Pt-honeycomb ceramics catalyst for automotive exhaust purification.
Activated carbon impregnated with metal salts solution can make the catalyst load on the surface of activated carbon, activated carbon’s surface oxidation, acidic functional groups, electron accepting ability, free radicals, pore structure, chemical structure can affect the performance of the active component.
Activated carbon has the irregular graphite structure, in which includes traces of ash, nitrogen, sulfur, hydrogen, oxygen and so on, these ingredients can have the influence to the catalyst performance; Ash is an important indicator of support activated carbon; C-O structure on the surface of activated carbon will affect oxidizing reaction, halogenating response, adsorption performance and electricity performance.