Catalytic performance of La-modified Cu/SiO2 in the hydrogenation of methyl acetate
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摘要: 采用蒸氨法制备了镧(La)改性的负载型铜硅(Cu/SiO2)催化剂,并对其乙酸甲酯(MeOAc)气相加氢制乙醇(EtOH)的催化性能进行了研究。采用N2吸附-脱附(N2 adsorption-desorption)、X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-OES)、氢气程序升温还原(H2-TPR)、傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)、高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)、光电子能谱(XPS)和原子发射光谱仪(AES)等手段对催化剂进行了的表征,发现La物种的加入产生了较多的层状硅酸铜,增强了Cu和La物种之间的相互作用。La物种的加入在结构方面提高了催化剂的比表面积,降低了铜物种的粒径,提高了铜物种的分散度;在电子还原调控方面提高了Cu+的含量,增强了催化剂吸附酰基和甲氧基的能力。与未改性的Cu/SiO2催化剂相比,镧改性后Cu/SiO2催化剂的乙酸甲酯加氢性能得到大幅提升;其中La掺杂量0.5%的Cu/SiO2催化剂表现出最佳的催化性能,乙酸甲酯转化率达98.5%,乙醇的总收率为97.0%。Abstract: A series of Cu/SiO2 catalysts modified with lanthanum (La) (30Cu-nLa/SiO2, n=0, 0.5, 1 and 2) were synthesized using the ethanol (EtOH)-assisted ammonia-evaporation method; their catalytic performance in the gas-phase hydrogenation of methyl acetate (MeOAc) to produce ethanol (EtOH) was investigated. The results indicate that the catalytic performance of Cu/SiO2 can be greatly enhanced by La modification. In particular, the 30Cu-0.5La/SiO2 catalyst exhibits excellent performance in the MeOAc hydrogenation; under 230 °C, 2 MPa H2, an LHSV of 2 h−1 and an H2/MeOAc molar ratio of 20, the MeOAc conversion reaches 98.5%, with a total EtOH yield of 97.0%. The N2-sorption, XRD, ICP-OES, H2-TPR, FT-IR, TEM, XPS, and AES characterization results reveal that the introduced La metal has a strong interaction with Cu, which can promote the dispersion of the copper species on the SiO2 support. Moreover, the content of Cu+ is increased significantly, which can enhance the electronic interaction with MeOAc via the acyl and methoxide groups and thus promote the hydrogenation of MeOAc to EtOH.
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Key words:
- methyl acetate /
- hydrogenation /
- ethanol /
- Cu/SiO2 /
- La modification
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表 1 30Cu-nLa/SiO2、30Cu/SiO2、2La/SiO2、SiO2催化乙酸甲酯加氢反应制乙醇的性能
Table 1 Catalytic reaction test results for the hydrogenation of MeOAc to EtOH
Catalyst MeOAc
conversion/
%EtOH
selectivity/
%EtOAc
selectivity/
%EtOH
yield/
%30Cu/SiO2 85.6 77.3 22.7 66.2 30Cu-0.5La/SiO2 98.5 98.5 1.5 97.0 30Cu-1La/SiO2 94.8 92.6 7.4 87.8 30Cu-2La/SiO2 81.5 73.4 26.6 59.8 2La/SiO2 1.40 68.7 31.3 1.0 SiO2 0.10 − − − Reaction conditions: 230 ℃, 2 MPa, LHSV=2 h−1, and H2/MeOAc=20. 表 2 不同La掺杂量的催化剂的组织结构特征
Table 2 Textural properties of the 30Cu-nLa/SiO2 catalysts with different La loadings
Catalyst Cu loading w/% La loading w/% SBET/(m2·g−1) dpore/(cm3·g−1) vpore/(cm3·g−1) dCu-XRD /nm dCu-TEM /nm 30Cu/SiO2 29.6 0.0 295.3 6.0 0.44 5.4 5.4 30Cu-0.5La/SiO2 29.0 0.47 350.4 4.9 0.43 4.8 4.5 30Cu-1La/SiO2 27.9 1.01 336.2 5.4 0.45 5.7 5.5 30Cu-2La/SiO2 28.9 1.91 323.7 5.9 0.49 6.2 5.8 Note: Cu and Cu loadings were measured by ICP-OES; Specific surface area (SBET), averaged pore diameter (dpore), and averaged pore volume (vpore) are determined by N2 sorption; dCu-XRD and dCu-TEM for the Cu particle sizes are obtained from XRD using the Debye-Scherrer formula and TEM measurement, respectively. 表 3 不同La掺杂量的催化剂还原后的XPS和Cu LMM XAES反卷积结果
Table 3 Summary of the Cu XPS and Cu-LMM results
Catalyst Binding energy/eV Kinetic energy/eV xCu+/% Cu 2p1/2 Cu 2p3/2 Cu+ Cu0 30Cu 952.3 932.2 914.0 918.0 38.2 30Cu-0.5La 952.1 932.5 914.0 918.0 49.4 30Cu-1La 952.3 932.6 914.0 918.0 46.7 30Cu-2La 952.8 933.0 914.0 918.0 44.8 -
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