A novel route to the synthesis of H-ZSM-5-supported MoP and Ni2P phosphides

In this work, we report a novel synthesis of H-ZSM-5-supported MoP and Ni2P phosphides. The current approach uses a cinnamic strong alkali anion exchange resin (D201) as a reductant instead of H2 and employs an inert gas as a feed gas. The formation mechanism was proposed by thermogravimetry-mass spectrometry (TG-MS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). D201 resin is carbonized to produce C and H2, and a small portion of Mo/Ni and POx species are firstly reduced by H2 and then the rest of the metal and POx species are reduced by C, to produce MoP/Ni2P on the H-ZSM-5, with the release of H2O, CO and CO2.