A well fabricated PtSn/SiO sub(2) catalyst with enhanced synergy between Pt and Sn for acetic acid hydrogenation to ethanol
This work reported a well-fabricated PtSn/SiO sub(2) catalyst prepared by a modified two-step sol-gel (MTSG) method. The adoption of strong electrostatic adsorption (SEA) and sol-gel (SG) method could give both a significantly high Pt dispersion and a large amount of Lewis acid sites. The homogenous...
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Published in | RSC advances Vol. 6; no. 56; pp. 51005 - 51013 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.05.2016
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Summary: | This work reported a well-fabricated PtSn/SiO sub(2) catalyst prepared by a modified two-step sol-gel (MTSG) method. The adoption of strong electrostatic adsorption (SEA) and sol-gel (SG) method could give both a significantly high Pt dispersion and a large amount of Lewis acid sites. The homogenous distribution of Sn species could not only provide more opportunity for the Pt precursor to disperse on the support by forming Pt-(O-Sn&z.tbd; ) sub(y2-y) analogous species, but also enhance the synergy between Pt and Sn species. Consequently, an excellent activity was achieved in the hydrogenation of acetic acid (AcOH) with a conversion of 100% and ethanol (EtOH) selectivity of 93%. Investigations on the effect of Sn/Pt molar ratio showed that the dispersion of Pt decreases obviously with the increasing Sn/Pt ratio due to the geometric or electronic effects caused by SnO sub(x) species. A balancing effect between Pt active sites and Lewis acid sites was found to be responsible for the superior catalytic performance in AcOH hydrogenation. Moreover, a parallel reaction path model was proposed for the hydrogenation of AcOH over PtSn/SiO sub(2) catalyst, in which ethanol and ethyl acetate (AcOEt) are formed competitively through the adsorbed ethoxy intermediate. |
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ISSN: | 2046-2069 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c6ra09199g |