The 2014 Murray Raney Award Lecture: Architecture and Preparation of Supported Nickel Catalysts

The so-called method of sequential co-precipitation allows the production of Ni or Co catalysts varying in metal content, metal dispersion, structure and texture. In this method at first the metal is precipitated and subsequently the support precursor or “stabilizer”. Deposition–precipitation of base metals (Ni, Co, Cu) starting from metal ammine complexes yields highly dispersed metals, uniformly distributed across the carrier surface.