Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 356, Issue -, Pages 339-348Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.05.024
Keywords
Catalytic dehydration; 2-Propanol; Palladium; Mixed oxides; Alumina; Gallium; Nanoparticles
Funding
- DGAPA [PAPIITIA101018, PAPIMEPE100318]
- [SENER-CONACyT117373]
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A series of mixed Al2O3-Ga2O3 oxides were prepared with different Ga2O3 content (labeled as AlGa-x; where x is the wt % of Ga2O3) by precipitation method. The oxides were then used as supports of palladium (2 wt %) catalysts (labeled as Pd/AlGa-x). Both series of samples, AlGa-x and Pd/AlGa-x were characterized by several techniques such as Raman spectroscopy, XPS, XRD, SEM, and HRTEM, and were tested in the 2-propanol dehydration reaction. The steady-state conversions displayed by the Pd/AlGa-x series was almost twice as that obtained for the AlGa-x series in all the range of tested temperatures. It was worth noting that the presence of palladium changed the yield observed for the AlGa-x series mainly at low temperatures. While at high temperatures the Lewis acidity provided by the well dispersed Pd nanoparticles increased the activity considerably and improved the propylene production. A balance between the dispersion of palladium and the surface acidity, both related to the Ga2O3 content was responsible for the observed catalytic behavior.
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