Methanol synthesis over Pd/SiO2 with narrow Pd size distribution prepared by using MCM-41 as a support precursor

All silicious MCM-41 was investigated as a support or a support precursor for Pd/SiO₂ and prepared catalysts were tested for methanol synthesis from CO and H₂. The methods of Pd loading on the MCM-41 were impregnation, seed impregnation and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). For both impregnations, most Pd existed outside of the pore as large particles, and only a small part of Pd was inserted into the pore of MCM-41 retaining the initial structure. On the contrary, in the catalyst prepared by CVD method, the MCM-41 structure was completely destroyed to become amorphous SiO₂. Yet the average Pd particle size in this catalyst was smaller and its distribution was narrower than those of the catalysts prepared by impregnation methods. In the methanol synthesis from CO hydrogenation the catalyst prepared by CVD showed higher methanol selectivity than other MCM-41-derived catalysts. This result was considered to be due to the more uniform distribution of the Pd particle size.     

Fischer–Tropsch synthesis over Co–SiO2 catalysts prepared by the sol–gel method

Fischer–Tropsch synthesis was carried out in slurry phase over uniformly dispersed Co–SiO₂ catalysts prepared by the sol–gel method. When 0.01–1 wt.% of noble metals were added to the Co–SiO₂ catalysts, a high and stable catalytic activity was obtained over 60 h of the reaction at 503 K and 1 MPa. The addition of noble metals increased the reducibility of surface Co on the catalysts, without changing the particle size of Co metal significantly. High dispersion of metallic Co species stabilized on SiO₂ was responsible for stable activity. The uniform pore size of the catalysts was enlarged by varying the preparation conditions and by adding organic compounds such as N,N-dimethylformamide and formamide. Increased pore size resulted in decrease in CO conversion and selectivity for CO₂, a byproduct, and an increase in the olefin/paraffin ratio of the products. By modifying the surface of wide pore silica with Co–SiO₂ prepared by the sol–gel method, a bimodal pore structured catalyst was prepared. The bimodal catalyst showed high catalytic performance with reducing the amount of the expensive sol–gel Co–SiO₂.     

Fabrication of CNTs with controlled diameters and their applications as electrocatalyst supports for DMFC

A facile synthesis procedure based on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process has been developed to fabricate carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with controlled diameters and high yields utilizing Fe-containing ordered hexagonal mesoporous silicas (HMSs) such as MCM-41 and SBA-15 having varied pore sizes as the catalysts as well as the templates. It is found that unlike Fe/HMS catalysts prepared by co-precipitation method, samples prepared by the impregnation method gave rise to multi-wall CNTs with uniform diameters, which were largely dictated by the pore size of the Fe/HMS catalysts. Among these uniform MWCNTs, sample with a larger diameter (≥ 8 nm) was found to be more favorable as support for Pt catalyst, leading to a homogeneous dispersion of metal nanoparticles. Consequently, the Pt/CNT electrocatalysts so prepared gave rise to superior methanol oxidation activities as well as tolerances for CO poisoning compared to Pt supported on commercial single-wall CNT (Pt/SWCNT) and XC-72 activated carbon (Pt/XC-72) having a similar metal loading.     

过氧化氢蒽醌加氢流化床Pd/Al_2O_3催化剂载体性质与催化性能的关系

以氯化钯为前驱体,活性氧化铝为载体,采用等体积浸渍法制备蒽醌加氢流化床Pd/Al_2O_3催化剂。考察载体比表面积、孔容、孔径、粒度分布及表面形貌与催化剂催化性能的关系,结果表明,载体比表面积较高,小孔径且孔径分布不均匀,粒度较大且粒度分布均匀,载体表面光滑且成球性好的载体对应的催化剂性能较好。采用优化后活性氧化铝载体制备的Pd/Al_2O_3催化剂的氢化效率和选择性分别为9.98 g·L-1和80.3%。     

Effects of porous oxide layer on performance of Pd-based monolithic catalysts for 2-ethylanthraquinone hydrogenation

Pd/oxide/cordierite monolithic catalysts(oxide = Al_2O_3, SiO_2 and SiO_2\\Al_2O_3) were prepared by the impregnation method. The results of ICP, XRD, SEM–EDX, XPS and N_2 adsorption–desorption measurements revealed that the Pd penetration depth increased with increasing the thickness of oxide layer, and the catalysts with Al_2O_3 layers had the larger pore size than those with SiO_2 and SiO_2\\Al_2O_3 layers. Catalytic hydrogenation of 2-ethylanthraquinone(eA Q), a key step of the H_2O_2 production by the anthraquinone process, over the various monolithic catalysts(60 °C, atmosphere pressure) showed that the monolithic catalyst with the moderate thickness of Al_2O_3 layer(about 6 μm) exhibited the highest conversion of e AQ(99.1%) and hydrogenation efficiency(10.0 g·L~(-1)). This could be ascribed to the suitable Pd penetration depth and the larger pore size, which provides a balance between the distribution of Pd and accessibility of active sites by the reactants.     

Pd-β/MCM-41复合分子筛加氢裂解废食用油性能研究

以碱处理β沸石作为硅铝源,以CTAB为模板剂,合成了β/MCM-41介孔-微孔复合分子筛,以其为载体制备Pd-β/MCM-41复合分子筛催化剂,利用XRD、N₂吸附-脱附、NH₃-TPD和XRF等技术对其进行了表征,并与γ-Al₂O₃、USY、ZSM-5等载体制备的催化剂比较了废食用油加氢裂解活性。结果表明：β/MCM-41复合分子筛同时具备β沸石和MCM-41分子筛的结构,β/MCM-41为载体时,Pd-β/MCM-41催化剂具有适宜的中强酸性中心,适宜的孔道分布结构,催化剂加氢裂解废食用油的活性最高。此外还考察了催化剂制备条件对废食用油加氢裂解反应的影响,结果表明：采用离子交换法制备负载量2%的Pd-β/MCM-41复合分子筛催化剂、焙烧温度为500 ℃时,催化剂对废食用油加氢裂解的效果最好。此时,原料油的转化率可以达到85.9%,生物汽油的收率可以达到16.4%,生物柴油的收率达到17.8%,且此催化剂水热稳定性较好,再生性能良好,工业化应用前景较好。     

Ni and Mo interaction with Al-containing MCM-41 support and its effect on the catalytic behavior in DBT hydrodesulfurization

A series of Mo and NiMo catalysts supported on Al-containing MCM-41 was prepared and characterized by N₂ physisorption, XRD, ammonia TPD, temperature programmed reduction (TPR), UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and ²⁷Al MAS-NMR. It was shown that the incorporation of Al atoms into the siliceous MCM-41 framework causes a deterioration of the textural characteristics and some loss in the periodicity of the MCM-41 pore structure. However, the acidity of the Al-containing MCM-41 is substantially higher. The dispersion of Mo and Ni oxidic species increases with the incorporation of aluminum in the MCM-41 support due to the strong interaction of Mo and Ni oxidic species with aluminum atoms of the support. However, the strong interaction of metal species with the Al-containing MCM-41 supports, up to the formation of Al₂(MoO₄)₃ in the case of unpromoted Mo catalysts, produces an increase in the proportion of Ni and Mo species difficult to reduce. When Ni and Mo are impregnated simultaneously the formation of Al₂(MoO₄)₃ is prevented because of the competitive interaction of both, Ni and Mo species, with Al atoms of the support. For both, Mo and NiMo catalysts, maximum catalytic activity in dibenzothiophene (DBT) hydrodesulfurization is observed for the catalysts supported on Al-MCM-41 with SiO₂/Al₂O₃ molar ratio of 30. When Al-containing MCM-41 is used as a support for NiMo catalyst, some cracking of the main reaction products (biphenyl (BiP), cyclohexylbenzene (CHB) and dicyclohexyl (DCH)) is observed.     

液相原位还原法制备钯基催化剂

采用液相原位还原法制备Pd/α-Al2O3催化剂,并应用于CO氧化偶联合成草酸二甲酯反应。对比实验发现,甲醛液相原位还原法制得的Pd基催化剂具有优异的催化活性,当Pd负载质量分数低至0.1%时,催化剂仍表现出较高的活性和稳定性。采用XRD和BET等对催化剂及载体进行表征,结果表明,催化剂活性与载体的比表面积、孔容和孔径没有必然联系。通过TEM发现,0.1%-Pd/α-Al2O3催化剂中的主要活性组分Pd具有较小的颗粒和较高的分散性,通过HRTEM发现,液相原位还原法制备的催化剂能够有效暴露出Pd(111)晶面。     

Formation of Pd nanoparticles in surfactant-mesoporous silica composites and surfactant solutions

Highly dispersed palladium nanoparticles containing mesoporous silicas MCM-41 and MCM-48 were prepared by one-pot synthesis. The method consists of the simultaneous formation of CTA⁺ surfactant templating MCM-41 mesophase and CTA⁺ micelle-capped PdO, which was reduced by hydrogen to Pd metal with particle size ≈ 2 nm and was observed to stay inside the mesochannels of MCM-41 (pore size ≈ 3.8 nm) by TEM, XAS, and PXRD. During hydrothermal synthesis of Pd/MCM-48, Pd nanoparticles of average size ≈ 6–7 nm were deposited on the MCM-48 of pore size = 4 nm. The deposition is probably derived from ethanol reduction of Pd(II) complex generated from PdCl₂ precursor by hydrolysis of TEOS and C₁₂H₂₅(OCH₂CH₂)₄OH surfactant. The formation of Pd(0) from Pd(II) species in solid mesoporous silicas by hydrogen reduction was monitored by in situ XAS, and compared with the formation of Pd(0) from [PdCl₄]²⁻, [PdCl₃(H₂O)], and Pd(OH)₂ by sodium dodecyl sulfate surfactant and alcohol reduction in aqueous solutions.     

Novel utilization of mesoporous molecular sieves as supports of cobalt catalysts in Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

Mesoporous molecular sieves (MCM-41 and SBA-15) with different pore diameters have been studied as supports of high loading of Co catalysts, and the performances in FT synthesis have been examined with a fixed bed stainless steel reactor at 2.0 MPa for the purpose of efficient production of C₁₀–C₂₀ fraction as the main component of diesel fuel. The method of exchanging template ions in uncalcined MCM-41 with Co²⁺ ions is effective for holding 10–20% Co within the mesopores while keeping the structure regularity of MCM-41 to some extent, compared with the conventional impregnation method using calcined MCM-41. At 523 K, CO conversion and selectivity to C₁₀–C₂₀ hydrocarbons are both higher at larger loading of 20% Co for the exchanged catalysts with pore diameters of 2.7–2.9 nm. When four kinds of 20% Co/SBA-15 with the diameters of 3.5–13 nm, prepared by the impregnation method using an ethanol solution of Co acetate, are used in FT synthesis at 523 K, the catalyst with the diameter of 8.3 nm shows the largest CO conversion, which is higher than those over MCM-41 supported Co catalysts. At a lower temperature of 503 K, however, the acetate-derived Co is almost inactive. In contrast, the use of Co nitrate alone or an equimolar mixture of the acetate and nitrate as Co precursor drastically enhances the reaction rate and consequently provides high space–time yield (260–270 g C/kg_cat h) of C₁₀–C₂₀ hydrocarbons. The X-ray diffraction and temperature-programmed reduction measurements show that the dependency of the catalytic performance of 20% Co/SBA-15 on its precursor originates probably from the differences in not only the reducibility of the calcined catalyst but also the dispersion of metallic Co. Catalyst characterization after FT synthesis strongly suggests the high stability of the most effective Co/SBA-15 in the dispersion and reducibility of the oxide species and in the mesoporous structure.     

Co/Al_2O_3催化剂制备及其合成重质烃的反应性能

以不同孔道结构Al_2O_3作载体,甲醇、乙醇和柠檬酸作分散剂,通过等体积浸渍法制备系列Co/Al_2O_3费托合成催化剂。采用XRD、TG-DSC和H2-TPR等考察制备方法对催化剂结构的影响,并在固定床反应器中对催化剂进行性能评价。结果表明,采用具有适宜孔道结构Al_2O_3作载体才能获得综合性能较好的催化剂,3种分散剂的加入,促进了钴物种在载体上的分散,增强了钴与载体间的相互作用,改善了催化剂费托合成反应活性,显著提高了重质烃时空收率。     

Development of sulfur tolerant catalysts for the synthesis of high quality transportation fuels

In this paper, results concerning the development of sulfur tolerant catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS), C₂₊ alcohol synthesis, methanol and/or DME synthesis are presented. In the FTS reaction on Fe using H₂-rich syngas such as the biomass-derived syngas, the composition of catalyst pretreatment gas and the addition of MnO on Fe had strong impacts on its sulfur resistance as well as activity. Especially the Fe/MnO catalyst pretreated with CO showed a much lower deactivation rate and a higher FTS activity than an Fe/Cu/K catalyst in the presence of H₂S. For C₂₊ alcohol synthesis a novel preparation method was developed for a highly active MoS₂-based catalyst that is well known as the sulfur tolerant catalyst. Besides some metal sulfides were found to show higher CO hydrogenation activities than MoS₂. In particular, both Rh and Pd sulfides were active and selective for the methanol synthesis. Modified Pd sulfide catalyst, i.e. sulfided Ca/Pd/SiO₂, showed an activity that was about 60% of that of a Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ catalyst in the absence of H₂S. This catalyst preserved 35% of the initial activity even in the presence of H₂S. The sulfided Ca/Pd/SiO₂ mixed with γ-Al₂O₃ was also available for in situ DME synthesis in the presence of H₂S.     

低负载Pd/Al2O3催化剂的制备及其对CO室温催化性能研究

采用等体积浸渍法和还原法结合制备了Pd/Al2 O3催化剂,通过N2吸附-脱附、SEM、TEM、X射线衍射、X射线光电子能谱和CO原位漫反射傅里叶变换红外光谱等表征手段对制备的样品微观结构进行了系统分析,考察了不同Pd负载量和测试条件下CO催化氧化性能.实验结果表明,水合肼还原法实现了Pd在Al2 O3载体上的均匀分散...     

不同负载方式Fe/改性MCM-41催化剂的制备及其降解亚甲基蓝性能研究

以自制二元共聚物聚[苯乙烯—3-（甲基丙烯酰氧）丙基三甲氧基硅烷]改性MCM-41,并以其为载体分别采用浸渍负载活性金属、原位负载活性金属和NaBH₄还原负载活性金属的方式制备铁基异相催化剂。研究了3类催化剂降解亚甲基蓝的性能差异。结果显示,在3种催化剂中,浸渍负载活性金属制备的催化剂具有最好的催化活性,25 min时亚甲基蓝去除率为81.2%。同时采用XRD、TEM、FTIR、XPS、压汞测试等手段分析了催化剂具有优异性能的原因。表征结果表明:Fe与改性MCM-41间的相互作用及催化剂孔结构,两者的协同作用是催化剂具有优异性能的原因。     

Attrition resistance of spray-dried iron F–T catalysts: Effect of activation conditions

The focus of the research reported herein was to investigate the effects of phase changes, as occur during Fe catalyst activation and Fischer–Tropsch synthesis, on Fe catalyst attrition resistance. Different activation conditions (CO, H₂ or syngas) were applied prior to attrition testing to a selected spray-dried Fe catalyst containing 9.1 wt.% binder SiO₂, which had been shown to have the highest attrition resistance in our early study of calcined catalysts. Although, XRD indicated that different Fe phase compositions resulted in the differently activated catalyst samples, chemical attrition was not observed for any of the samples. The BET surface areas of the activated samples were smaller than that of the calcined precursor but no significant changes in pore volume and particle size were found. The attrition resistances of the differently activated catalyst samples were found to be similar to that of the calcined catalyst for this spray-dried Fe catalyst. Attrition resistance was found previously to be governed by catalyst particle density, which has been shown earlier to relate to the SiO₂ network in catalysts. It is therefore suggested that the type and concentration of SiO₂ that is incorporated during the preparation of spray-dried Fe catalysts have a much more significant impact on catalyst attrition than Fe phase change during activation in the presence of CO, H₂ or H₂+CO.     

Ethylene epoxidation on Ag catalysts supported on non-porous, microporous and mesoporous silicates

The ethylene epoxidation activity of Ag catalysts supported on non-porous SiO₂, microporous silicalite zeolite and mesoporous MCM-41 and HMS silicates was investigated in the present study in comparison to conventional low surface area -Al₂O₃ based catalysts. The MCM-41 and HMS based catalysts exhibited similar ethylene conversion activity and ethylene oxide (EO) selectivity with the SiO₂ and -Al₂O₃ based catalysts at relatively lower temperatures (up to 230 °C), whereas their activity and selectivity decreased significantly at higher temperatures (≥300 °C). The silicalite based catalyst was highly active for a wide temperature range, similar to the SiO₂ and -Al₂O₃ based catalysts, but it was the less selective amongst all catalysts tested. High loadings of Ag particles (up to ca. 40 wt.%) with medium crystallites size (20–55 nm) could be achieved on the mesoporous materials resulting in very active epoxidation catalysts. The HMS-type silicate with the 3D network of wormhole-like framework mesopores (with average diameter of 3.5 nm), in combination with a high-textural (interparticle) porosity, appeared to be the most promising mesoporous support.     

Comparison of supports for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H2 and O2 using Au–Pd catalysts

The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from H₂ and O₂ using a range of supported Au–Pd alloy catalysts is compared for different supports using conditions previously identified as being optimal for hydrogen peroxide synthesis, i.e. low temperature (2 °C) using a water–methanol solvent mixture and short reaction time. Five supports are compared and contrasted, namely Al₂O₃, -Fe₂O₃, TiO₂, SiO₂ and carbon. For all catalysts the addition of Pd to the Au only catalyst increases the rate of hydrogen peroxide synthesis as well as the concentration of hydrogen peroxide formed. Of the materials evaluated, the carbon-supported Au–Pd alloy catalysts give the highest reactivity. The results show that the support can have an important influence on the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from the direct reaction. The effect of the methanol–water solvent is studied in detail for the 2.5 wt% Au–2.5 wt% Pd/TiO₂ catalyst and the ratio of methanol to water is found to have a major effect on the rate of hydrogen peroxide synthesis. The optimum mixture for this solvent system is 80 vol.% methanol with 20 vol.% water. However, the use of water alone is still effective albeit at a decreased rate. The effect of catalyst mass was therefore also investigated for the water and water–methanol solvents and the observed effect on the hydrogen peroxide productivity using water as a solvent is not considered to be due to mass transfer limitations. These results are of importance with respect to the industrial application of these Au–Pd catalysts.     

Hydrogen production by oxidative methanol reforming on Pd/ZnO: Catalyst preparation and supporting materials

Pd and Pd–Zn alloy were supported on various supporting materials using impregnation, co-precipitation and microemulsion methods, and their catalytic performances in oxidative methanol reforming (OMR) were investigated. Pd/ZnO exhibited much higher selectivity than either Pd/Al₂O₃ or Pd/ZrO₂ in the OMR for hydrogen production. This was attributed to the presence of Pd–Zn alloy on the ZnO support. Elemental Pd on Al₂O₃ or ZrO₂ promotes methanol decomposition reaction and increases CO formation. Using a microemulsion method, a highly selective Pd/ZnO can be obtained with much lower Pd loading than that in samples prepared by co-precipitation. Modification of Al₂O₃ with ZnO produced a ZnAl₂O₄ phase, which was found to be a good support for the Pd/ZnO catalyst. Highly active and selective Pd/ZnO/ZnAl₂O₄ catalysts for the OMR reaction, containing much lower Pd loadings have been developed by impregnation of the supports with an aqueous solution of Pd(NO₃)₂ + Zn(NO₃)₂.     

Enantioselective hydrogenation of N-acetyl dehydrophenylalanine methyl ester using cinchonine-modified Pd/TiO2 catalysts

The enantioselective hydrogenation of N-acetyl dehydrophenylalanine methyl ester (NADPME) to N-acetyl phenylalanine methyl ester is investigated using cinchonine-modified Pd/TiO₂ catalysts. The catalysts were prepared using deposition–reduction and wet impregnation methods and were evaluated for reaction using methanol as solvent with various cinchonine/NADPME molar ratios. Enantioselectivity was sensitive to this ratio and comparison with Pd/γ-Al₂O₃ showed that the Pd/TiO₂ gave marginally higher enantioselectivity when tested under comparable conditions. The effect of Pd loading and dispersion was investigated and the maximum enantiomeric excess observed was dependent on the dispersion; the role of the Pd particle size is discussed in the context of cinchonine adsorption. The reactions were carried out in solvents (methanol and dimethyl formamide) and mixed solvents (methanol–water and dimethyl formamide–water); the enantiomeric excess was significantly enhanced using dimethyl formamide. The addition of water does not have a significant effect for the Pd/TiO₂ catalysts. In this paper we report the highest enantiomeric excess for the hydrogenation of a prochiral ester using an immobilised catalyst.     

Zr-MCM-41与Zr-SBA-15催化剂肉桂醛MPV转移加氢性能

分别以MCM-41和SBA-15为载体,采用浸渍法制备了具有不同孔径的Zr-MCM-41和Zr-SBA-15催化剂,结合N_2物理吸附、X射线粉末衍射、电子透射显微镜、NH_3-程度升温脱附等技术,研究了孔结构对肉桂醛MPV转移加氢性能的影响。结果表明,酸性质相近的两个催化剂上,具有较大孔径的Zr-SBA-15表现出较好的催化性能,其肉桂醛转化率为91.3%,目标产物肉桂醇选择性达到91.6%,明显高于Zr-MCM-41的82.5%与90.0%。这主要归因于Zr-SBA-15较大的孔径尺寸有利于反应分子的扩散,能够有效提高反应速率,使其显示出高的催化活性。