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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 366, Issue 1, Pages 114-121Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.06.038
Keywords
KL-zeolite; Ru catalysts; Citral hydrogenation; FT-IR spectroscopy; TEM; CO chemisorption; Hydrogen chemisorption; Microcalorimetry
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- MEC of Spain [CTQ2005-09105-CO4-01, CTQ2005-09105-CO4-03]
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Several 2 wt.% Ru/KL supported catalysts were prepared by various methods with different ruthenium precursors and characterized by CO and H(2) chemisorption, N(2) adsorption, TPD of NH(3), TEM and XPS. Furthermore, CO chemisorbed species have been studied by FT-IR and microcalorimetry. Characterization measurements of catalyst IWI-Ru, prepared by incipient wetness impregnation from ruthenium acetylacetonate, evidence metal nanoparticles of 1 nm placed inside the zeolite channels, thus blocking the accessibility to part of ruthenium loading inside the micropores. Catalyst prepared by treating the KL zeolite with RuCl(3)center dot xH(2)O aqueous solution (I-Ru) exhibits nanoparticles in the range 6-8 nm at the external surface and clusters smaller that I nm, inside the micropores. These latter do not significantly affect the diffusion of probe molecules through the channels. Catalytic performances in the selective hydrogenation of citral in the liquid phase, at 323 K and 5 MPa. show that IWI-Ru is less active than I-Ru, but more selective towards unsaturated alcohols. Furthermore, for IWI-Ru, selectivity increases with the increasing conversion. On the other hand, removal of acid sites of the I-Ru catalyst enhances the hydrogenation activity and increases the selectivity towards citronellal. All these results are analyzed and discussed in terms of the size, shape and location of ruthenium particles in the catalysts, as well as of the metal-support interaction. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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