The catalytic performances of various nickel phosphide catalysts (NiP) supported on ZrO₂ synthesized with different P/Ni molar ratios (0.8, 2 and 3) were investigated in hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of m-cresol at 340 °C under 4 MPa. The solid sample with the highest P/Ni ratio (NiP-3/ZrO₂) presented the best catalytic performances in terms of activity, which were attributed to the presence of the pure Ni₂P phase, the other samples containing either a mixture of Ni₂P and Ni₁₂P₅ (NiP-2/ZrO₂) or Ni₁₂P₅ (NiP-0.8/ZrO₂) alone were less active. The use of ZrO₂ as support required a large excess of P to obtain Ni₂P as active phase.

在340℃，4 MPa下研究了不同P / Ni摩尔比（0.8、2和3）合成的负载在ZrO ₂上的各种磷化镍镍催化剂（NiP）在间甲酚的加氢脱氧（HDO）中的催化性能。具有最高P / Ni比（NiP-3 / ZrO ₂）的固体样品在活性方面表现出最好的催化性能，这归因于纯Ni ₂ P相的存在，其他样品则包含单独的Ni ₂ P和Ni ₁₂ P ₅（NiP-2 / ZrO ₂）或Ni ₁₂ P ₅（NiP-0.8 / ZrO ₂）活性较低。ZrO ₂的使用作为载体，需要大量过量的P才能获得Ni ₂ P作为活性相。