Pt在MgAl2O4载体上的分散程度对催化苯甲醛加氢反应影响

构建催化剂特别是在亚纳米尺度下分散的贵金属催化剂的构效关系是多相催化研究领域中的主要任务之一.我们采用与金属Pt具有强相互作用的MgAl2O4尖晶石作为载体,通过简单浸渍法制备了在纳米、亚纳米和单原子尺度上分散的Pt催化剂.首先利用X射线衍射和原子分辨的球差校正电镜,确定了Pt在MgAl2O4尖晶石载体表面上随负载量增大逐渐形成孤立的和相邻的单原子Pt,然后逐渐形成无定形Pt聚集体和小晶粒;然后利用电感耦合等离子体光谱和CO化学吸附测定了催化剂中Pt的含量和分散度;进一步通过测定CO在Pt表面吸附的红外光谱,区分了载体表面单原子和金属颗粒表面原子的CO吸附特征结构,并据此对不同结构的Pt原子进行了半定量估算.考察了具有不同Pt分散结构的Pt/MgAl2O4催化剂的催化苯甲醛选择性加氢能力,发现以载体表面Pt单原子物种为主的催化剂,可在较宽的温度区间内保持较高的部分加氢产物苯甲醇的选择性(60–150oC,苯甲醇选择性99.4–97.9％,甲苯选择性～0.4％),而以Pt纳米颗粒为主的催化剂上苯甲醇选择性降低显著,同时生成较多深度加氢产物甲苯(60–150oC,苯甲醇选择性99.0–93.1％,甲苯选择性0.7–5.0％).此外,我们测定了各催化剂在不同转化率(～20–90％)时催化剂加氢反应的质量比活性和转化频率(TOF),并在较低苯甲醛转化率(～20％)时,估算了不同结构Pt物种对苯甲醛加氢反应的本征活性,发现Pt纳米颗粒表面原子比MgAl2O4载体表面Pt单原子本征活性更高(4807 h–1 versus 3277 h–1).综上,Pt单原子催化剂具有贵金属原子利用率高,本征活性和加氢选择性高等优点;Pt纳米催化剂表面原子深度加氢能力强,加氢选择性较差,虽本征活性更高,但不足以补偿贵金属原子利用率降低带来的活性损失,Pt质量比活性显著低于单原子催化剂.此外,MgAl2O4尖晶石负载的单原子Pt催化剂也具有良好的催化反应循环稳定性,是一种较为理想的催化苯甲醛选择性加氢制苯甲醇催化剂.

Effect of the degree of dispersion of Pt over MgAl2O4 on the catalytic hydrogenation of benzaldehyde

One of the central tasks in the field of heterogeneous catalysis is to establish structure-function relationships for these catalysts, especially for precious metals dispersed on the sub-nanometer scale. Here, we report the preparation of MgAl2O4-supported Pt nanoparticles, amorphous aggre-gates and single atoms, and evaluate their ability to catalyze the hydrogenation of benzaldehyde. The Pt species were characterized by N2 adsorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (ACTEM), CO chemisorption and in situ Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy of the chemisorbed CO, as well as by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. They existed as isolated or neighboring single atoms on the MgAl2O4 support, and formed amorphous Pt aggregates and then nanocrystallites with increased Pt loading. On the MgAl2O4 support, single Pt atoms were highly active in the selective catalytic hydrogenation of ben-zaldehyde to benzyl alcohol. The terrace atoms of the Pt particles were more active but less selec-tive; this was presumably due to their ability to form bridged carbonyl adsorbates. The MgAl2O4-supported single-atom Pt catalyst is a novel catalyst with a high precious atom efficiency and excellent catalytic hydrogenation ability and selectivity.