Supported molecular catalysts for the heterogeneous CO2 electroreduction

The thorough understanding of homogeneous catalysis has triggered intense research activities on the immobilization of molecular catalysts for the heterogeneous CO₂ electroreduction. Herein, we discuss recent advances in the heterogeneous field with focus on the intrinsic effect coming from the catalyst structure and the extrinsic effect exerted by the catalyst immobilization strategy and support material on the catalytic performance.     

CFD modeling of catalyst pellet for oxidative coupling of methane: Heat transfer and reaction

This study deals with the phenomena occuring at single-pellet catalyst scale for the oxidative coupling of methane where heat transfer plays an important role. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is used for obtaining detailed rate and temperature profiles through the porous catalytic pellet where reaction and diffusion compete. Intra-particle temperature and concentration gradients were taken into account by solving heat transfer coupled with continuity equations in the catalyst pellet. In heat transfer, the energy term due to highly exothermic reaction was considered. Two external programs were successfully implemented into the CFD-code as kinetic and heat of reaction terms. Simulation results showed that reaction was favored at the beginning for the pellet, followed by diffusion predomination. The results of CFD simulation indicate that temperature variation within the catalyst pellet is <2 K due to exothermic oxidation. The results showed further that exothermic oxidation reactions occurred prior to endothermic coupling reaction in the pellet.     

Modeling development on the meso-scale reacting transport phenomena in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

The catalyst layer (CL) of proton exchange mem-brane fuel cell (PEMFC) involves various particles and pores in meso-scale, which has an important effect on the mass, charge (proton and electron) and heat transport coupled with the electrochemical reactions. The coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) method is employed as a meso-scale structure reconstruction technique to mimic the self-organization phenomena in the fabrication steps of a CL. The meso-scale structure obtained at the equilibrium state is further analyzed by molecular dynamic (MD) software to provide the necessary microscopic parameters for understanding of multi-scale and-physics processes in CLs. The primary pore size distribution (PSD) and active platinum (Pt) surface areas are also calculated and then compared with the experiments. In addition, we also highlight the implementation method to combine microscopic elementary kinetic reaction schemes with the CG-MD approaches to provide insight into the reactions in CLs. The concepts from CG modeling with particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and the problems on coupling of SPH with finite element modeling (FEM) methods are further outlined and discussed to understand the effects of the meso-scale transport phenomena in fuel cells.     

Conversion of Glucose to Valuable Platform Chemicals over Graphene Solid Acid Catalyst

Biomass-derived hexose sugars, the most abundant renewable resources in the world, have potential to be the sustainable resources for production of platform chemicals. Here, conversion of glucose is investigated by using sulfonated graphene (rGO-SO₃H) as solid acid catalyst in water without any organic solvent. At first, graphene functionalized with sulfonic acid groups is prepared by using NaH and propane sultone, and then it is characterized by means of XPS, FT-IR, and TEM to confirm the existence of the sulfonic acid groups. The catalytic activity of rGO-SO₃H in the conversion of glucose to valuable chemicals is studied under different reaction conditions. The maximum yield of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is 28.8%, and the total yield of formic acid, lactic acid and HMF is 51.94% when the reaction is conducted at the optimized reaction condition. In addition, the rGO-SO₃H gives a relatively high total yield of the three kinds of products after five run experiments, indicating that the catalyst shows good thermal stability.     

催化化学发光分析系统研究进展

催化化学发光是分子通过催化剂表面时被氧气氧化过程中产生的一种光辐射现象。在过去的三十几年里,催化化学发光技术发展迅速,特别是在传感器方面快速发展,成为一项新型分析检测技术,在公众安全、排放检测、环境保护等方面发挥了巨大的作用。基于催化发光技术设计的传感器具有检测限低、灵敏度高、快速、仪器简单易操作、易实现小型化,便携等优点,在无机小分子气体及易挥发有机物的分析检测中展现了其独特的优势。应用于催化发光的催化材料发展至今已达上千种,囊括了金属、金属氧化物,非金属氧化物、硫化物、硒化物、金属盐类、有机物、陶瓷玻璃类等各类材料;复合材料的应用丰富了催化材料的种类;纳米新材料的引入为其发展提供了新的契机;材料的形貌等也得以深入研究。催化发光新技术也不断发展,催化发光与其他技术(雾化、分离富集、等离子体等)联用的发展,静态催化发光技术、多级催化发光技术、循环催化发光技术等的开发应用进一步提高了催化法光分析系统的灵敏度与选择性,拓展了催化发光的应用范围。本文综述了近年来催化发光的催化材料、联用技术及其他新技术的发展,并对其发展趋势进行了展望。     

Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water by Catalytic Ozonation

Different series of transition metal catalysts supported on Al2O3 were prepared by the impregnation method. The catalytic activity was measured in a batch reactor with ozone as the oxidizing reagent. The experimental results indicate that Cu/Al2O3 has a very effective catalytic activity during the ozonation of organic pollutants in water. The optimum conditions for preparing Cu/Al2O3 were systematically investigated with the orthogonal testing method. Furthermore, the results also show that the surface properties of catalyst are not compulsory for effective oxidation.     

Trinuclear Metal Complexes Based on 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivates as Catalysts for Cleavage of a RNA-Model Substrate

Two multidentate ligands 2,9-di[6'-(2″-hydroxyl-3″-methoxyphenyl)-n-2',5'-diazahexyl]-1,10-phenanthroline(LA)and 2,9-di(6'-α-phenol-n-2',5'-diazahexyl)-1,10-phenanthroline(LB)were synthesized and fully characterized.Protonation of the ligands and the stability of the complexes of the ligands with divalent metal ions were investigated.The trinuclear metal complexes [Cu(Ⅱ)and Zn(Ⅱ)] of the ligands were studied,as catalysts,for the transphosphorylation of the RNA-model substrate 2-hydroxypropyl-p-nitrophenyl phosphate(HPNP).The second-order rate constants of HPNP-hydrolysis catalyzed by M3L and M3LH-1 were obtained,which indicated that Zn3LBH-1 was the most efficient catalyst among them.The proposed mechanisms included the activation of the substrate via binding to the metal ions and intramolecular nucleophilic attack by the deprotonated C2-hydroxyl of HPNP.     

HMAS-5分子筛催化合成缩醛(酮)

研究了HMAS_5分子筛催化乙二醇与环己酮、丁酮、丙酮、丙醛、丁醛、异丁醛、戊醛、异戊醛、正己醛、正辛醛、苯甲醛等醛(酮)的缩合反应。考察了反应时间、醛(酮)与醇的配比、HMAS_5分子筛用量等因素对醛(酮)与醇缩合反应的影响。结果表明,HMAS_5分子筛对醛(酮)与醇的缩合反应有较好的催化性能,选择性一般在98%以上,转化率也一般在90%以上。     

红外光谱研究新型稀土固体超强酸催化剂

硫酸根促进型固体超强酸催化剂,因具有活性好、适用面广、易与产物进行分离、对反应器设备腐蚀小、对环境污染小以及可重复使用等优点,成为当前催化领域的研究热点之一[1,2].但由于该类催化剂稳定性不够理想而尚未实现工业化.为了提高催化剂的稳定性和选择性,人们从催化剂制备方法上做了很多有益的尝试[3].我们通过对催化剂进行改性,在廖世军[4]等人沉淀-混合共沉淀法的基础上进一步改进,制得新型氧化钐固体超强酸催化剂S2O82-/ZrO2-SiO2-Sm2O3,在乙酸丁酯、乳酸丁酯的酯化反应中显示出较高的活性和稳定性[5].本文采用红外光谱测试技术…     

TiO2气相光催化氧化降解三氯乙烯的产物分布及失活机理研究

用ＧＣ／ＭＳ、ＴＰＤ和ＸＰＳ方法,研究了三氯乙烯的气相光催化降解反应,检测到新的中间体乙二酰氯（ＣＩＣＯＣＯＣＩ）。对产物分布的分析表明,水蒸汽的存在能显著抑制含氯副产物的生成,改变反应产物的分布。使用过的催化剂的ＸＰＳ谱图显示,催化剂表面存在含氯副产物,反应副产物在催化剂表面的积累是导致催化剂失活的主要原因。