Highly ordered mesoporous materials are opening the door to new opportunities in catalysis due to their extraordinary intrinsic\r\nfeatures. In this study, Nickel was supported on highly ordered mesoporous silica (KIT-6) by the wet impregnation method, and its\r\nperformance in the hydrogenation of edible vegetable oil was compared with that of Ni/Activated carbon prepared using the same\r\nmethod as well as with unsupported Nickel. The degree of conversion for the 50 : 50 Ni/KIT-6 was 81%, as compared to the 29%\r\nobtained with 50 : 50 Ni/Activated carbons. The conversion was found to improve with an increase in mass of supported Nickel\r\non KIT-6 thus 20 : 80 Ni/KIT-6 and 30 : 70 Ni/KIT-6 produced conversions of 71% and 74%, respectively. Key among the benefits\r\nof KIT-6 when used as a support material is the very high surface area, open framework of the 3D bicontinuous interconnected\r\nchannels, and the well-ordered mesopores which bestow on it an advanced mass transfer characteristics.
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