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CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 141-150Publisher
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY PRESS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.09.017
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Hydrogenation; Multiphase reaction; Biomass; Copper phyllosilicate; Ammonia evaporation
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This study develops heterogeneous Cu catalysts for the selective synthesis of ethylene glycol via batch liquid-phase hydrogenation of glycolaldehyde. SiO2 supported Cu, fabricated by ammonia evaporation, enables to catalyze the C=O bond hydrogenation with retaining the C-O bond intact, yielding higher selective hydrogenation activity with ethylene glycol selectivity up to 99.8%. A synergistic effect between Cu+ and Cu0 facilitates the selective adsorption/activation of glycolaldehyde on Cu+ sites and the dissociation of H2 on Cu0 sites, bringing a remarkable improvement in the selective hydrogenation performance.
Selective hydrogenation of hydroxyaldehydes to polyalcohols is challenging due to the competitive hydrogenation of C=O and C-O. This study develops heterogeneous Cu catalysts for the selective synthe-sis of ethylene glycol via batch liquid-phase hydrogenation of glycolaldehyde. SiO2 supported Cu, fabri-cated by ammonia evaporation, enables to catalyze the C=O bond hydrogenation with retaining the C-O bond intact, yielding higher selective hydrogenation activity with ethylene glycol selectivity up to 99.8 % relative to MgO, Al2O3, CeO2, and TiO2 supports and Cu/SiO2 synthesized by deposition-precipitation and impregnation. Characterizations confirm that highly efficient 20Cu/SiO2-AE-623 K catalyst fabricated by ammonia evaporation is featured with larger Cu0 and Cu+ surface areas, of which the Cu+ species created from reducing copper phyllosilicate exhibit higher reactivity. A synergistic effect between Cu+ and Cu0 facilitates the selective adsorption/activation of glycolaldehyde on Cu+ sites and the dissociation of H2 on Cu0 sites, bringing a remarkable improvement in the selective hydrogenation performance.(c) 2022 The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, and Chemical Industry Press Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
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