Synthesis and Characterization of Sol-Gel Cu-ZrO2 and Fe-ZrO2 Catalysts

Fe-ZrO₂ and Cu-ZrO₂ xerogels were prepared by a sol-gel method. The effect of the hydrolysis catalyst during the gelation step, namely H₂SO₄ or NH₄OH, on the properties of the resulting materials was investigated by XRD, BET, TGA/DTA, TPD of ammonia, FTIR, and TPR. Fe-ZrO₂ and Cu-ZrO₂ xerogels, with sulfuric acid introduced as the hydrolysis catalyst, mainly crystallyzed in the tetragonal phase and exhibited larger surface area and acid amount than those obtained with NH₄OH. Ammonia TPD shows that copper promoted sulfated zirconia is the most acidic material. TGA and FTIR reveal that under oxidizing conditions sulfated zirconia promoted with iron and copper retains more sulfate species than unpromoted sulfated zirconia. Regardless of the hydrolysis catalyst employed, copper promoted catalysts calcined at 600°C, contain a large fraction of copper oxide specieseasily reduced at low temperatures. These copper oxide species are believed to have different environment and interactions with the surface oxygen vacancies of the zirconia support. A FeO-like phase appears to be the most probable one after reduction of Fe-ZrO₂ catalysts prepared with NH₄OH as the hydrolysis catalyst. The formation of Fe° species may be hindered by the high dispersion and interaction of Fe²⁺ ions with the zirconia support. On the other hand, the reduction peaks of iron oxide and sulfate species exhibit a considerable overlap in the TPR profiles of sulfated Fe-ZrO₂ samples. Hence, the nature of the supported phase in the latter samples is rather uncertain.     

CO Oxidation on Cu/MgO-SiO2 Sol-Gel Derived Catalysts

Sol-gel Cu//MgOSiO₂ catalysts were prepared gelling tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), magnesium ethoxide and copper acetylacetonate at pH 3 and pH 9. The catalysts shown specific surface areas ca. 500 m²/g and 140 m²/g for pH 9 and pH 3 preparations respectively. Si(OH) and Si(OH)₂ hydroxy groups were observed by MAS-RMN spectroscopy in both preparations. CO₂-TPD and NH₃-TPD desorption thermograms showed that acid and basic sites were formed on the catalysts surface. It has been found that the catalysts having the highest density of basic sites were the catalysts showing the highest activity for the CO oxidation. It is proposed that the catalytic activity depends of the relative Cu⁼¹/Cu⁼² stability given by the support acidity.     

Effects of the Calcination and Reduction Conditions on a Cu/ZnO Methanol Synthesis Catalyst

The CuO crystallite size of the catalysts obtained from aurichalcite greatly depends on the heating rate of calcination for highly active and selective Cu/ZnO catalyst was prepared by reduction with methanol at 443 K for 17 h.     

Decomposition of Nitrous Oxide on CoOX/ZrO2, CuOX/ZrO2 and FeOX/ZrO2 Catalysts

On CoO_x/ZrO₂, CuO_x/ZrO₂ and FeO_x/ZrO₂ catalysts, below the limits shown by characterization to have high metal dispersion, the turnover frequency for N₂O decomposition is nearly independent of metal content.     

Preparation,Characterization, and Catalytic Behavior of Nanostructured Mesoporous CuO/ZrO2 Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation

High-surface area mesoporous 20 mol% CuO/ZrO₂ catalyst was prepared by a surfactant-assisted method of nanocrystalline particle assembly, and characterized by x-ray powder diffraction (XRD), N₂ adsorption, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), H₂-TPR, TG-DTA, and x-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) techniques. The catalytic properties of the CuO/ZrO₂ nanocatalysts calcined at different temperature were evaluated by low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation using a CATLAB system. The results showed that these mesoporous nanostructured CuO/ZrO₂ catalysts were very active for low-temperature CO oxidation and the CuO/ZrO₂ catalyst calcined at 400°C exhibited the highest catalytic activity.     

助剂促进的Rh-Fe/Al2O3催化剂上CO加氢制乙醇反应性能

考察了Fe,Rh载量以及助剂对Rh-Fe/Al2O3催化剂上合成气制乙醇反应性能的影响.结果表明,随着Fe载量的增加,甲醇选择性持续上升伴随着甲烷选择性的持续下降,而乙醇选择性有最优值.助剂的添加或多或少促进了甲醇耦合、CO插入和解离的活性,或抑制了催化剂加氢能力,使得乙醇选择性有所上升,甲醇选择性有所下降,而烃类选择性变化不大.随着CO加氢反应的进行,Rh-Fe/Al2O3催化剂上烃类选择性逐渐下降,但甲醇的生成活性逐渐上升,而乙醇选择性和生成活性逐渐下降;然而,助剂的添加并未提高催化剂的稳定性.这可能是由于在反应过程中Fe物种逐渐被合成气还原使得乙醇生成活性位数量逐渐减少所致.     

K-MnO／y-A1203和Cu／SiO2催化剂应用于苯甲酸甲酯连续加氢合成无氯苯甲醇

以K—MnO／F—Al2O3和Cu／SiO2为催化剂，利用固定床串联反应器实现了苯甲酸甲酯连续加氢合成无氯苯甲醇反应过程．K-MnO/y-Al2O3和Cu／SiO2催化剂对于苯甲酸甲酯连续加氢合成苯甲醇具有良好的加氢活性，反应转化率可达89．2％，苯甲醇的选择性为84．1％．在苯甲酸甲酯加氢连续步骤中的氢醛比得到提高，有效地抑制了副产物甲苯的生成．XRD，SEM和TPR表征结果表明：采用吸附沉淀法制备的Cu／SiO2-C15．2催化剂，氧化铜在载体上具有良好的分散性能，并且易于还原，表现出最佳的苯甲醛加氢活性．     

Catalytic performance of Fe modified K/MO2C catalyst for CO hydrogenation

Fe modified and un-modified K/Mo2C were prepared and investigated as catalysts for CO hydrogenation reaction. Compared with K/Mo2C catalyst, the addition of Fe increased the production of alcohols, especially the C2+OH. Meanwhile, considerable amounts of C5+ hydrocar- bons and C2= -C4= were formed, whereas methane selectivity greatly decreased. Also, the activity and selectivity of the catalyst were readily affected by the reaction pressure and temperature employed. According to the XPS results, Mo4+ might be responsible for the production of alcohols, whereas the low valence state of Mo species such as Mo0 and/or Mo2+ might be account for the high activity and selectivity toward hydrocarbons.     

Cu-Zn-Zr/SBA-15介孔催化剂的制备及CO2加氢合成甲醇的催化性能

以具有骨架结构的SBA-15介孔分子筛为载体,采用浸渍法合成了具有高比表面积、不同金属氧化物含量的Cu-Zn-Zr介孔催化剂CZZx/SBA-15(x=0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6).采用N2吸附-脱附(BET)、X射线衍射(XRD)、H2程序升温还原(H2-TPR)、CO2吸附(CO2-TPD)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)等手段对样品进行了表征.在固定床反应器上评价了其CO2加氢合成甲醇的催化性能.实验结果表明,CZZx/SBA-15催化剂具有介孔结构,负载的Cu O,Zn O和Zr O2能够很好地分散在表面,并且负载氧化物晶粒尺寸不同.催化剂的铜比表面积SCu与甲醇催化活性呈近似线性关系,其中CZZ0.4/SBA-15催化剂表现出最大甲醇选择性(54.32%),与CZZ相比,甲醇选择性增加24.85%.随着金属氧化物负载量的增大,催化剂比表面积和SCu明显减小,甲醇选择性与收率也相应减小,负载型CZZx/SBA-15催化剂表面结构对CO2加氢合成甲醇反应活性起关键作用.     

CO2 reforming of methane over zirconia-supported nickel catalysts, II. Thermogravimetric analysis

Thermogravimetric analysis has been used to study carbon deposition during the CO₂ reforming of methane over Ni/ZrO₂ catalysts. The carbon deposits form on the reduced catalyst at a very fast rate during temperature-programmed surface reaction of reforming, and reach a steady state below 973 K. So, the amount of deposited carbon remains constant on the catalyst during the reaction at 973 K. A relationship between the amount of deposited carbon and the activity reveals that the initially formed carbon acts as a reaction intermediate and reacts with CO₂ to produce CO.     

Effect of ceria loading on the carbon formation during low temperature methane steam reforming over a Ni/CeO2/ZrO2 catalyst

The characterization and catalytic activity of a Ni/CeO₂/ZrO₂ catalyst for methane steam reforming at 600°C were investigated. The addition of ceria increased the surface area and basicity of the catalysts. The redox reaction capability of the ceria increased the hydrogen yield and carbon monoxide selectivity, and inhibited carbon formation.     

Catalytic properties of Mg-modified Ni-based hexaaluminate catalysts for CO2 reforming of methane to synthesis gas

CO₂ reforming of CH₄ over hexaaluminates LaNi _x Mg_1−x Al₁₁O_19+δ and LaNi _x Mg_0.8Al_11.2−x O_19+δ were studied. XRD analysis confirmed that modifier Ni as well as Mg was inlaid into the hexaaluminate lattice. Hexaaluminate LaNi _x Mg_1−x Al₁₁O_19+δ (1.0 ≥ x ≥ 0.4) showed better catalytic activities and higher resistance to carbon deposition, which was attributed to their pure magnetoplumbite-type structure. For this reaction, x-value between 0.6 and 0.4 was the most suitable.     

Synthesis characterization and catalytic evaluation of Ni/ZrO<Subscript>2</Subscript>/SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript> aerogels catalysts

The Ni/ZrO₂/SiO₂ aerogels catalysts were synthesized via three different routes: (i) impregnation ZrO₂–SiO₂ composite aerogels with a aqueous solution of Ni(NO₃)₂, (ii) impregnation SiO₂ aerogels with a mixed aqueous solution of Ni(NO₃)₂ and ZrO(NO₃)₂ · 2H₂O, (iii) one-pot sol–gel procedure from precursors Ni(NO₃)₂/ZrO(NO₃)₂ · 2H₂O/Si(OC₂H₅)₄. These catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), ammonia temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD), N₂ adsorption–desorption isotherms and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). The Liquid-phase hydrogenation of maleic anhydride (MA) was performed over these catalysts. The results revealed that the different preparation routes result in a difference between the obtained samples, concerning the crystal structure and composition, surface acidity, mixed level of each component, texture, and catalytic selectivity.     

Effect of CO2/CO Addition in Dehydroaromatization of Methane on Zeolite-Supported Mo and Re Catalysts Towards Hydrogen, Benzene and Naphthalene

High activity and high formation selectivity for aromatics in the dehydrocondensation reaction of methane were realized only on selected catalysts. The requisites of a metal and a zeolite support as the selected catalyst were described. However, the catalytic activity steadily declined even on the selected catalysts with time on stream because of coke accumulation. A stable catalytic activity was obtained when CO₂ or CO was added into methane feed due to effective removal of coke from the catalyst surface by CO or CO₂. The route from methane to aromatics and the formation process of active phase of catalyst were discussed.     

Carbon dioxide reforming of methane over Ni/Mo/SBA-15-La2O3 catalyst: Its characterization and catalytic performance

The Ni/Mo/SBA-15 catalyst was modified by La2O3 in order to improve its thermal stability and carbon deposition resistance during the CO2 reforming of methane to syngas. The catalytic performance, thermal stability, structure, dispersion of nickel and carbon deposition of the modified and unmodified catalysts were comparatively investigated by many characterization techniques such as N2 adsorption, H2-TPR, CO2-TPD, XRD, FT-IR and SEM. It was found that the major role of La2O3 additive was to improve the pore structure and inhibit carbon deposition on the catalyst surface. The La2O3 modified Ni/Mo/SBA-15 catalyst possessed a mesoporous structure and high surface area. The high surface area of the La2O3 modified catalysts resulted in strong interaction between Ni and Mo-La, which improved the dispersion of Ni, and retarded the sintering of Ni during the CO2 reforming process. The reaction evaluation results also showed that the La2O3 modified Ni/Mo/SBA-15 catalysts exhibited high stability.     

Novel carbonyl iron-bismuth clusters - synthesis, structure, CO2 insertion and potential as molecular precursors for BiFeO3

The reaction of Fe₂(CO)₉ with Bi(OSiMe₂^tBu)₃ gave soluble [(CO)₄FeBi(OSiMe₂^tBu)]₂ (1) in moderate yield whereas in case of Bi(O^tBu)₃ used as starting material both [(CO)₄FeBi(O^tBu)]_n (2) and the bismuth-iron cluster [(CO)₃FeBi₃(O^tBu)₄{OCO(O^tBu)}]₂ (3) were isolated. The latter forms upon insertion of CO₂, released during reaction of diiron nonacarbonyl with bismuth tert-butoxide, into a Bi-O^tBu bond. The compounds were characterized by IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy as well as thermogravimetric analyses. Additionally, the molecular structures of compounds 1 and 3 were elucidated by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The core structure of [(CO)₄FeBi(OSiMe₂^tBu)]₂ (1) is build up by a four-membered Bi₂Fe₂ ring whereas [(CO)₃FeBi₃(O^tBu)₄{OCO(O^tBu)}]₂ (3) is composed of two tetrahedral FeBi₃ cluster cores that dimerise via bridging -OCO(O^tBu) ligands. Analysis of the TGA residues by PXRD revealed that compound 2 is the best precursor for multiferroic BiFeO₃ among the compounds studied here, although Bi₂₅FeO₃₉ was detected as minor impurity.     

Use of a hydrophobic associative four-armed star anionic polymer to create a saline aqueous solution of CO2-switchability

A four-armed anionic star-shaped block polymer, containing an anionic polymer poly(2-Acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) (PAMPS) as the core group and poly(2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDM) as the terminal group, was synthesized by using the Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) method. The (PAMPS₅₀-PDM₅₀)₄ aqueous solution exhibited both polyelectrolyte and hydrophobic associative characteristics, that is, a low concentration of NaCl results in decreasing viscosity but a high concentration of NaCl results in increasing viscosity. The four-armed anionic block polymer shows a CO₂-reversible property at high concentrations of brine. Viscosity, pH, and ζ potential demonstrate the switchability jointly; the values could be switched from relatively low to high cyclically. These transitions could actually be attributed to the protonation of tertiary amine groups in PDM blocks, and the mechanism was proved by ¹H NMR.     

Convenient method for the synthesis of phthalazinones via carbonylation of 2-bromobenzaldehyde using Co2(CO)8 as a CO source

A simple one-pot synthesis of phthalazinones by the condensation and intra-molecular carbonylative cyclization of 2-bromobenzaldehydes with hydrazines is reported. This method utilizes solid Co₂(CO)₈ as carbonyl source making it readily accessible in small-scale laboratory applications.     

Cu2O/Cs2CO3/DMF: An efficient catalytic system for N-arylation of imidazole with aryl halides under ligand-free conditions

A ligand-free Cu-catalyzed protocol for the Ullmann-type N-arylation of N-containing heterocycles with aryl or heteroaryl iodides and bromides has been established. A broad range of functional groups is well tolerated on both of the cross-coupling partners, producing the desired products in good to excellent yields.     

Growth of La2CuO4 nanofibers under a mild condition by using single walled carbon nanotubes as templates

La₂CuO₄ nanofibers (ca. 30 nm in diameter and 3 μm in length) have been grown in situ by using single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs; ca. 2 nm in inner diameter; made via cracking CH₄ over the catalyst of Mg_0.8Mo_0.05Ni_0.10Co_0.05O_x at 800 °C) as templates under mild hydrothermal conditions and a temperature around 60 °C. During synthesis, the surfactant poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) and H₂O₂ were added to disperse SWNTs and oxidize the reactants, respectively. The structure of La₂CuO₄ nanofibers was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and their morphologies were observed with field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) at the hydrothermal synthesis lasting for 5, 20 and 40 h, respectively. The La₂CuO₄ crystals grew from needle-like (5 h) through stick-like (20 h) and finally to plate-like (40 h) fibers. Twenty hours is an optimum reaction time to obtain regular crystal fibers. The La₂CuO₄ nanofibers are probably cubic rather than round and may capsulate SWNTs.