Iron-palladium supported graphene as an efficient bimetallic catalyst for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde

The catalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol (OBA) is one of the significant methods to produce benzaldehyde, an essential reagent in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. However, developing an active and efficient catalyst for OBA is a tremendous challenge in commercialization. This research describes a simple, eco-friendly method for producing Fe, Pd, and Fe: Pd bimetallic nanoparticles fabricated by sol immobilization over graphene to conduct OBA. The resulting composite nano-alloys were then characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The oxidation state and elemental composition of as-fabricated nanoparticles were analyzed using XPS. The point of zero charges (pH_PZC) was analyzed and the PZC value indicated that the proposed adsorbent material tends to have a positive charge. The OBA reaction efficiency (87%) of bimetallic nanocatalysts stabilized in graphene support was increased through surface modification of the ratio of both metals. The experimental error was based on three parallel tests and the carbon balance (99.6%) was analyzed during the experiments A proposed reaction mechanism of OBA validated the β-hydride step's elimination by molecular oxygen converting the metal hydride into a water molecule, forming a peroxide intermediate to form water and oxygen molecules. The Fe on the nanocatalyst’s surface is preferentially responsible for the adsorption of the substrate molecule, resulting in the formation of metal-alkoxide. Since it lacks electrons, Fe is more likely to be oxidized, allowing it to perform better than monometallic catalysts in terms of catalytic activity. The present study has great potential to be applied on an industrial scale and studied for industrialists, researchers, and academicians.     

Phosphorylated mesoporous carbon as a solid acid catalyst

Mesoporous carbon catalyst supports are attractive due to their wide chemical stability while potentially increasing mass-transport through and providing a path for larger molecules to access catalytic sites. Herein we report the synthesis of a phosphorylated mesoporous carbon solid-acid catalyst characterized by NH(3)-TPD and isopropanol dehydration.     

Platinum-containing catalyst supported on a metal-organic framework structure in the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol derivatives into aldehydes

The platinum catalyst supported on the metal-organic framework structure MOF-5 is usable in the selective oxidation of vanillyl and piperonyl alcohols into the corresponding aldehydes.     

Molecular level dispersed Pd clusters in the carbon walls of ordered mesoporous carbon as a highly selective alcohol oxidation catalyst

Ordered mesoporous carbon containing molecular-level dispersed Pd clusters in the carbon walls can be synthesized by the nanocasting pathway, which shows high selectivity for the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes.     

炭载Pd-P催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化性能

用黄磷作原料,制备了具有不同Pd-P原子比的碳载Pd-P(Pd-P/C)催化剂,并且使用X射线衍射(XRD)和能量色散X射线光谱仪(EDX)等手段对制备的催化剂进行了表征,总结了P含量对Pd-P合金纳米粒子的粒径和晶体结构的影响。电化学测试结果表明,甲酸在Pd/C、Pd₁P₆/C 和Pd₁P₈/C催化剂上,氧化峰峰电位由低到高依次为Pd₁P₆/C ﹤Pd₁P₈/C﹤Pd/C,电化学稳定性顺序为Pd₁P₆/C >Pd₁P₈/C>Pd/C,Pd₁P₆/C 催化剂对甲酸氧化的催化性能最佳,适量的P掺杂能够增强Pd/C催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化活性和稳定性,因此,Pd-P/C催化剂是一类具有应用前景的直接甲酸燃料电池(DFAFC)阳极催化剂。     

Efficient oxidation of benzyl alcohol with heteropolytungstate as reaction-controlled phase-transfer catalyst

A series of heteropolytungstates has been synthesized and utilized as catalysts to catalyze oxidation of benzyl alcohol with aqueous hydrogen peroxide.The results indicated that three of these catalysts showed the properties of reaction-controlled phase- transfer catalysis,and they had excellent catalytic ability to the oxidation of benzyl alcohol.No other by-products were detected by gas chromatography.Once the hydrogen peroxide was consumed completely,the catalyst precipitated from solvent,and the results of the catalyst recycle showed that the catalyst had high stability.     

Zirconia-supported phosphotungstic acid as catalyst for alkylation of phenol with benzyl alcohol

The liquid-phase alkylation of phenol with benzyl alcohol was carried out using zirconia-supported phosphotungstic acid (PTA) as catalyst. The catalysts with different PTA loadings (5–20 wt.% calcined at 750 °C) and calcination temperature (15 wt.% calcined from 650 to 850 °C) were prepared and characterized by ³¹P MAS NMR and FT-IR pyridine adsorption spectroscopy. The catalyst with optimum PTA loading (15%) and calcination temperature (750 °C) was prepared in different solvents. ³¹P MAS NMR spectra of the catalysts showed two types of phosphorous species, one is the Keggin unit and the other is the decomposition product of PTA and the relative amount of each depends on PTA loading, calcination temperature and the solvent used for the catalyst preparation. The catalysts with 15% PTA on zirconia calcined at 750 °C showed the highest Brönsted acidity. At 130 °C and phenol/benzyl alcohol molar ratio of 2 (time, 1 h), the most active catalyst, 15% PTA calcined at 750 °C gave 98% benzyl alcohol conversion with 83% benzyl phenol selectivity.     

Etherification of benzyl alcohol under microwave irradiation using a heteropoly acid as catalyst

Selective dehydration of benzyl alcohol to dibenzyl ether using heteropoly acid as catalyst in solvent-free conditions under microwave irradiation has been studied. The microwave power and irradiation time, and concentration of heteropoly acid are key factors, and under the severe conditions dibenzyl ether was polymerized. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

石墨相氮化碳负载钒作为多相催化剂用于苯直接氧化制苯酚

苯酚是一种重要的化工原料,目前苯酚的工业生产路线普遍存在工艺流程复杂、苯酚收率低和环境污染严重等问题.为实现苯酚的绿色生产,苯直接氧化制苯酚的合成路线受到各国研究者的广泛关注.在苯直接羟基化反应常用的 N2O, O2和 H2O2三类氧化剂中, N2O由于来源有限,其工业应用受到极大限制;而 O2不易活化,且反应过程中常需还原剂存在,苯酚收率低;相比之下, H2O2作为氧化剂,其唯一副产物是 H2O,而且反应条件温和,因而以 H2O2为氧化剂的苯羟基化反应是最具工业应用前景的苯酚合成路线.然而,由于苯分子中的 C?H键非常稳定,活化能较高,同时产物苯酚的反应活性要高于反应物苯,因此,为实现苯的高效转化,积极探索研究高活性和稳定性的催化剂变得尤为重要.在我们之前的研究中发现,包含大π体系的氧化石墨烯载体有利于具有同样π共轭体系的反应物苯的吸附,进而促进苯的转化,提高反应活性.而石墨相氮化碳(g-C3N4)具有与氧化石墨烯类似的π共轭体系,且表面具有大量的活性位点和缺陷位,对苯环类物质具有较好的活化作用,这使其可能成为更优异的载体材料.基于此,以 g-C3N4为载体,采用浸渍法制备了一系列不同钒含量的催化剂xV/g-C3N4,并通过 XRD, FT-IR, TEM, TG等表征技术对催化剂进行了系统研究,以期揭示催化剂结构与反应活性之间的构效关系. XRD的表征结果表明,xV/g-C3N4仍具有载体 g-C3N4的层状堆积结构,且该结构不受钒负载量变化的影响.同时, xV/g-C3N4中钒物种的分散度较高,未发生团聚晶化.更直观地,通过 TEM观察发现,xV/g-C3N4中的钒物种均匀分散. FT-IR的表征结果说明钒物种与 g-C3N4之间存在较强的相互作用.此外,通过 TG表征发现, g-C3N4高温稳定性较好,即使焙烧温度高达550°C,其结构仍不受影响.综上所述,在xV/g-C3N4催化剂中,载体 g-C3N4的结构非常稳定,经负载钒物种以及焙烧处理后仍能保持不变;而钒物种与 g-C3N4之间存在较强的相互作用,且均匀分散,使催化剂具有较高的稳定性和较好的催化性能.在以 H2O2为氧化剂,80 wt%醋酸溶液为溶剂的苯直接氧化制苯酚反应中,xV/g-C3N4催化剂显示了良好的催化活性,其中反应活性最高的是8V/g-C3N4催化剂,在最佳反应条件下,苯酚的收率和选择性分别达到24.4%和99.2%.同时,通过计算 TOF值发现,8V/g-C3N4的 TOF值高达13.1 h-1,远高于文献中报道的以 C3N4为载体的催化剂的 TOF值(0.52–0.59 h-1),这表明xV/g-C3N4催化剂具有优异的催化活性.此外,以8V/g-C3N4为代表又进一步考察了催化剂的稳定性,在回收重复实验中催化剂的活性保持稳定.     

磷钼酸（PMA）修饰炭载Pd催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化性能

为了提高直接甲酸燃料电池（DFAFC）中炭载Pd（Pd/C）催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化性能,用回流法制备了磷钼酸（PMA）修饰的炭载Pd（PMA-Pd/C）催化剂.并用谱学技术和电化学技术表征了催化剂的组分和结构,发现PMA通过化学作用而牢固地固定在Pd表面.由于PMA-Pd/C催化剂能抑制甲酸的自分解,因此,PMA-Pd/C催化剂对甲酸氧化的电催化性能优于Pd/C催化剂.     

中空介孔碳化钨微球载钯催化剂对甲酸电催化性能

采用喷雾干燥法和还原炭化处理制备具有中空介孔结构的碳化钨钴复合粉(HTCCS),其中,钴的质量含量为6%。在碳化钨钴复合粉表面的钴和氯化钯发生置换反应,得到纳米Pd/WC复合催化剂。采用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)和透射电镜(TEM)对样品的形貌和晶型结构进行了表征。结果表明, 5.0-6.0nm钯纳米粒子取代钴均匀分布在碳化钨微球表面。采用循环伏安和计时电流法研究了在酸性溶液中Pd/WC催化剂对甲酸的电催化氧化性能,结果表明,Pd/WC催化剂比Pd/C催化剂对甲酸呈现出更高的电催化氧化活性和稳定性。     

Promoted aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol on CNT supported platinum by iron oxide

The catalytic activity of Pt/CNT for benzyl alcohol aerobic oxidation was remarkably improved by decorating iron oxide on Pt nanoparticles, and electrochemical measurements evidenced the enhanced activation of oxygen and benzyl alcohol at the FeO(x)/Pt interface.     

Displacement of hexanol by the hexanoic acid overoxidation product in alcohol oxidation on a model supported palladium nanoparticle catalyst

This work characterizes the adsorption, structure, and binding mechanism of oxygenated organic species from cyclohexane solution at the liquid/solid interface of optically flat alumina-supported palladium nanoparticle surfaces prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD). The surface-specific nonlinear optical vibrational spectroscopy, sum-frequency generation (SFG), was used as a probe for adsorption and interfacial molecular structure. 1-Hexanoic acid is an overoxidation product and possible catalyst poison for the aerobic heterogeneous oxidation of 1-hexanol at the liquid/solid interface of Pd/Al(2)O(3) catalysts. Single component and competitive adsorption experiments show that 1-hexanoic acid adsorbs to both ALD-prepared alumina surfaces and alumina surfaces with palladium nanoparticles, that were also prepared by ALD, more strongly than does 1-hexanol. Furthermore, 1-hexanoic acid adsorbs with conformational order on ALD-prepared alumina surfaces, but on surfaces with palladium particles the adsorbates exhibit relative disorder at low surface coverage and become more ordered, on average, at higher surface coverage. Although significant differences in binding constant were not observed between surfaces with and without palladium nanoparticles, the palladium particles play an apparent role in controlling adsorbate structures. The disordered adsorption of 1-hexanoic acid most likely occurs on the alumina support, and probably results from modification of binding sites on the alumina, adjacent to the particles. In addition to providing insight on the possibility of catalyst poisoning by the overoxidation product and characterizing changes in its structure that result in only small adsorption energy changes, this work represents a step toward using surface science techniques that bridge the complexity gap between fundamental studies and realistic catalyst models.     

掺氮纳米炭球担载高分散钯纳米催化剂的制备及其苯甲醇氧化性能(英文)

负载型贵金属纳米催化剂中的金属纳米粒子易发生团聚或流失,因此提高金属活性组分的分散性和稳定性很重要。我们报道了一种制备高分散钯纳米催化剂的方法,通过浸泡法将氯钯酸前驱体负载到苯并噁嗪聚合物上,再经过惰性气氛一步热解得到纳米炭球担载钯催化剂.催化剂性能通过温和条件下苯甲醇氧化反应进行评价.经过500℃热处理制备的催化剂,从TEM图可以看出Pd纳米粒子均匀分散在载体上,尺寸大小约为3 nm,这是由于载体和钯活性组分的配位作用有利于提高钯纳米粒子的分散性和稳定性.通过调控金属负载量及负载时间,尽可能地实现活性组分分布在载体外表面,制备的催化剂上最高TOF为690 h-1.此催化剂同时具有较好的循环稳定性,失活后的催化剂经过200℃焙烧即可实现再生.     

Spherical hollow mesoporous silica supported phosphotungstic acid as a promising catalyst for α-arylstyrenes synthesis via Friedel-Crafts alkenylation

This work presents a scalable approach for preparing spherical hollow mesoporous silica with high surface area/pore volume, serving as outstanding support for supported phosphotungstic acid catalyst with much superior catalytic performance to the one on previously reported spherical mesoporous silica toward diverse transformations, ascribed to the strengthened mass transfer and the enlarged exposure degree of acidic sites to reactants those resulting from unique hollow and mesoporous morphology.     

Zinc-containing mesoporous silicas as a catalyst for the benzylation of benzene and other aromatics by benzyl chloride

The benzylation of benzene and the substituted benzenes reaction employing benzyl chloride as the alkylating agent over a series of zinc-containing mesoporous silicas with different Zn contents have been investigated. These materials (Zn-HMS-n) have been characterized by chemical analysis, BET, and XRD. The mesoporous zinc-containing materials showed both high activity and high selectivity for benzylation of benzene. The activity of these catalysts for the benzylation of different aromatic compounds is in the following order: benzene > toluene > p-xylene > anisole. The kinetics of the benzene benzylation over these catalysts has also been investigated. Published in Russian in Kinetika i Kataliz, 2007, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 421–425.     

苯甲醇氧化制苯甲酸钠反应中金钯双金属催化剂的协同效应

研究了不同Au/Pd摩尔比的AuPd/CeO2双金属催化剂在苯甲醇氧化制苯甲酸及其钠盐反应中的催化活性,利用XRD,UV-Vis DRS,TEM和XPS等手段对催化剂的结构进行了系统考察.结果表明,Au-Pd纳米颗粒以合金形式分散在CeO2载体上,不同Au/Pd摩尔比会影响催化剂表面活性物种的粒径大小和尺寸分布,并改变催化剂表面物种的组成.Au-Pd之间的电子效应和协同效应显著影响其催化活性.当Au/Pd摩尔比为3时催化剂表现出最好的催化活性,苯甲酸产率可达92%.此外,双金属催化剂的催化活性显著优于单金属催化剂,主要归因于Au和Pd之间的协同效应.AuPd/CeO2催化剂还具有良好的稳定性,Au/Pd摩尔比为3的AuPd/CeO2催化剂使用7次后仍然具有较高的催化活性.     

FluoRuGel: a versatile catalyst for aerobic alcohol oxidation in supercritical carbon dioxide

FluoRuGel--a hybrid fluorinated silica glass doped with TPAP (tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate)--is a versatile catalyst for the aerobic oxidation of different alcohols in dense phase CO(2) with marked stabilization and activity enhancement of perruthenate upon its confinement in the sol-gel fluorinated silica matrix. A brief competitive analysis shows large potential rewards.     

Gold supported on a mesoporous CeO2 matrix as an efficient catalyst in the selective aerobic oxidation of aldehydes in the liquid phase

Gold supported on CeO2 catalyses the selective aerobic oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes better than other reported catalysts such as Pt/C/Bi materials; the activity is due to the nanometric particle size of Au and CeO2.     

Ni supported on activated carbon as catalyst for flue gas desulfurization

A series of Ni supported on activated carbon are prepared by excessive impregnation and the desulfurization activity is investigated. It has been shown that the activated carbon-supported Ni is an efficient solid catalyst for flue gas desulfurization. The activated carbon treated by HNO3 exhibits high desulfurization activity, and different amounts of loaded-Ni on activated carbon significantly influence the desulfurization activity. The catalysts are studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectr...