Autoreduction and Catalytic Performance of a Cobalt Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Catalyst Supported on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Spheres

Cobalt oxide supported on N-CSs (ca. 700 nm), prepared by deposition precipitation and autoreduced by the carbon supports, gives good performance as a catalyst for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, better than that achieved by similar catalysts reduced with hydrogen. This effect is related to the trapping of the cobalt in cavities on the eroded carbon surface.