Chlorine-Modified Ru/TiO2 Catalyst for Selective Guaiacol Hydrodeoxygenation

Autor: Leilei Zhou, Haiyang Cheng, Xinchao Wang, Fengyu Zhao, Zhuangqing Wang, Peixuan Wu, Yanchun Liu, Masahiko Arai, Chao Zhang
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9:3083-3094
ISSN: 2168-0485
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07292
Popis: The selective hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived guaiacol to value-added products, especially phenol, under relatively mild reaction conditions remains an important challenge. A Cl-modified Ru/TiO₂ catalyst exhibited higher phenol selectivity compared with an unmodified one in the conversion of guaiacol in 1,4-dioxane at 240 °C and 1 MPa H₂. Unlike Ru/TiO₂, the modified catalyst exhibited a modest activity of demethoxylation producing phenol but an inferior ability of hydrogenation of its aromatic ring, resulting in much slower consumption of phenol. The Cl species were likely localized at the metal–support interface and on the surface of metal particles, and these modified both Ru and Ti species electronically. It is presumed that electron-enriched Ru inhibits the ring hydrogenation reaction, and the defects on the TiO₂ surface promote the deoxygenation reaction.
Databáze: OpenAIRE