Co-Ni catalysts, prepared by a typical wetness impregnation method, can selectively convert furfural (FFA) to cyclopentanone (CPO) or cyclopentanol (CPL) in water, respectively. The catalytic performance depends strongly on the support. It is also strongly influenced by the Co-Ni loadings of the catalyst. The 10%Co-10%Ni/TiO₂ catalyst showed the highest selectivity toward CPO (53.3%) with almost complete FFA conversion, and the main product was CPL (45.4%) over 20%Co/TiO₂ at the optimized conditions (150 °C, 4 MPa H₂, 4 h). The surface morphology, surface area, composition and reducibility properties of these catalysts were fully characterized by XRD, H₂-TPR, ICP-AES and SEM. The factors that influenced the activity of catalysts were also investigated in detail. Additionally, the stability of catalyst for the hydrogenative rearrangement of FFA was studied.

Mo-based phosphides showed higher activity for CH ₄ –CO ₂ reforming than Fe ₂ P, WP, CoP and Ni ₂ P.

NiMo bimetallic phosphide was synthesized from its corresponding oxidic precursor in a 1 : 1 CH₄ : CO₂ gas mixture for the first time.

A series of highly active unsupported Ni-Mo hydrodesulphurization catalyst prepared by coprecipitation method and characterized effect of additives Al₂O₃ on the structure performance by BET, and Py-IR tests. The results indicated the additives Al₂O₃ greatly increased the pore diameter and specific surface area and mechanical strength. And it increased the acid of L acid while formatted B acid sites. This paper also characterized the influence of phosphorus to the Ni-Mo catalyst. BET results show that phosphorus blocked the catalyst pore structure, specifically reduced the surface area of the Ni-Mo. But TPR, FT-IR studies have shown that phosphorus can form Al-P-O structure, weaken interaction between active phase and Al₂O₃, while the amount of tetrahedral Mo species was decreased and octahedral Mo species was increased.