Morphology and growth mechanism of CVD alumina–silica

Pd catalyst supported on SiO2–Al2O3 xerogel for hydrocracking of paraffin wax to middle distillate

“…Among these supports, silicaalumina is known to be very effective support for hydrocracking reaction due to its significant acidity. Although various preparation methods such as co-precipitation [33], CVD [34], and sol-gel method [35] can be used for the preparation of silica-alumina, it is reported that silica-alumina xerogel prepared by a sol-gel method has large acidity, high chemical homogeneity, and excellent textural property [36]. This implies that silica-alumina xerogel can serve an efficient acid support in the hydrocracking of paraffin wax.…”