Metal-Acid Synergy: Hydrodeoxygenation of Anisole over Pt/Al-SBA-15.
ChemSusChem
; 13(18): 4945-4953, 2020 Sep 18.
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ABSTRACT
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is a promising technology to upgrade fast pyrolysis bio-oils but it requires active and selective catalysts. Here we explore the synergy between the metal and acid sites in the HDO of anisole, a model pyrolysis bio-oil compound, over mono- and bi-functional Pt/(Al)-SBA-15 catalysts. Ring hydrogenation of anisole to methoxycyclohexane occurs over metal sites and is structure sensitive; it is favored over small (4â
nm) Pt nanoparticles, which confer a turnover frequency (TOF) of approximately 2000â
h-1 and a methoxycyclohexane selectivity of approximately 90 % at 200 °C and 20â
bar H2 ; in contrast, the formation of benzene and the desired cyclohexane product appears to be structure insensitive. The introduction of acidity to the SBA-15 support promotes the demethyoxylation of the methoxycyclohexane intermediate, which increases the selectivity to cyclohexane from 15 to 92 % and the cyclohexane productivity by two orders of magnitude (from 15 to 6500â
mmol gPt -1 h-1 ). Optimization of the metal-acid synergy confers an 865-fold increase in the cyclohexane production per gram of Pt and a 28-fold reduction in precious metal loading. These findings demonstrate that tuning the metal-acid synergy provides a strategy to direct complex catalytic reaction networks and minimize precious metal use in the production of bio-fuels.
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