Development of bimetallic Ni-Cu/SiO2 catalysts for liquid phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

Catalysis Communications

Pacharaporn Krawmanee¹  Weerachat Inkamhaeng²  Francisco J. Cadete Santos Aires³  Tawan Sooknoi³  Patcharaporn Weerachawanasak³  Joongjai Panpranot⁴ 

[1] Catalytic Chemistry Research Unit, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chalongkrung Road, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand;Corresponding author at: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chalongkrung Road, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand.;Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chalongkrung Road, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand;Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS - UMR 5256, IRCELYON 2, Avenue Albert Einstein, 69626 Villeurbanne Cedex, France;

关键词: Furfural;    Furfuryl alcohol;    Selective hydrogenation;    Bimetallic catalyst;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Bimetallic Ni-Cu/SiO2 catalysts with different Cu loading (2–5 wt%) were developed for liquid phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. Among these, bimetallic 2%Ni-X%Cu/SiO2 (X = 2, 5) catalysts exhibited better catalytic performances than monometallic 2%Ni/SiO2 and 2%Cu/SiO2. Moreover, the bimetallic 2%Ni-5%Cu/SiO2 catalyst showed the best catalytic performance with 94% of furfural conversion and 64% of furfuryl alcohol selectivity. The synergetic effect of NiCu alloy particles that are present on bimetallic Ni-Cu/SiO2 catalysts change the adsorption configuration of furfural on the catalyst surface resulting in high catalytic performance in liquid phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol.

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