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Cobalt and Manganese, supported on Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) catalyst were prepared by a Strong Electrostatic Adsorption (SEA) method. CNT supports were initially acid and thermally treated in order to functionalize support to uptake more Co clusters. Catalyst samples were characterized by Transmitted Electron Microscope (TEM), particle size analyzer, and Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA). TEM images showed catalyst metal particle intake on CNT support with different Co and Mn loading percentage. Performance test of Co\u2013Mn\/CNT in Fischer\u2013Tropsch synthesis (FTS) was carried out in a fixed-bed micro-reactor at different pressures (from 1 atm to 25 atm), H2\/CO ratio (0.5\u20132.5), and reduction temperature and duration. The reactor was connected to the online Gas Chromatograph (GC) for product analysis. It was found that the reaction conditions have the dominant effect on product selectivity. Cobalt catalyst supported on acid and thermal pre-treated CNT at optimum reaction condition resulted in CO conversion of 58.7% and C5+ selectivity of 59.1%.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym12050698","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,5]],"date-time":"2020-05-05T06:41:20Z","timestamp":1588660880000},"page":"698","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Effect of Pressure, H2\/CO Ratio and Reduction Conditions on Co\u2013Mn\/CNT Bimetallic Catalyst Performance in Fischer\u2013Tropsch Reaction"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0904-5593","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Omid","family":"Akbarzadeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Noor Asmawati","family":"Mohd Zabidi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak 32610, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Guangxin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Center for High Purity Materials, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0386-7289","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amir","family":"Kordijazi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA"}]},{"given":"Hamed","family":"Sadabadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Collage of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, Iran"}]},{"given":"Seyedehmaryam","family":"Moosavi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5061-5706","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arman","family":"Amani Babadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Functional Omics and Bioprocess Development Laboratory, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Nor Aliya","family":"Hamizi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1681-2201","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yasmin","family":"Abdul Wahab","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Marlinda","family":"Ab Rahman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Suresh","family":"Sagadevan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Zaira Zaman","family":"Chowdhury","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Mohd Rafie","family":"Johan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanotechnology &amp; Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1617","DOI":"10.1007\/s11164-017-3188-9","article-title":"Modulated large-pore mesoporous silica as an efficient base catalyst for the Henry reaction","volume":"44","author":"Shokouhimehr","year":"2018","journal-title":"Res. 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