Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on TiO2nanosheets matrix for the valorization of furfural to produce tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

Autor: Shanmugaraj, Krishnamoorthy, Bedoya, Santiago, González-Vera, Daniela, Mangalaraja, Ramalinga Viswanathan, Vigneshwaran, Sivakumar, de León, J. Noé Díaz, Herrera, Carla, Al-Sehemi, Abdullah G., Campos, Cristian H.
Zdroj: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering; October 2024, Vol. 12 Issue: 5
Abstrakt: The development of highly dispersed and ultra-small sized metal nanocatalysts are crucial for the hydrogenation of biomass. In this work, the ultrafine palladium nanoparticles modified on the 2-dimensional TiO2nanosheets (PdNPs-TiO2NSs) as a catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of furfural (FAL) to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) was achieved. The as-prepared PdNPs-TiO2NSs catalyst was characterized by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The spherical PdNPs were well dispersed on TiO2NSs surface with the average particle size of 1.6 ± 0.2 nm was confirmed by TEM measurements. The PdNPs-TiO2NSs catalyst showed the remarkable hydrogenation of FAL to THFA by 100 % of conversion with > 99 % of selectivity towards THFA at 140 °C and 20 bar hydrogen pressure in the 4 h reaction time. The stability and reusability test for PdNPs-TiO2NSs were found to be good even after three catalytic cycles with high catalytic activity.
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