Pawnprapa Pitakjakpipop (16016158)Chunshan Song (1293936)
This work examined the effects of\nsupports for nickel phosphide\n(Ni<sub>2</sub>P) catalysts on anisole hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) using\nsynthesized CeO<sub>2</sub>, TiO<sub>2</sub>, and TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> supports and commercial supports (denoted as CeO<sub>2</sub>-L and TiO<sub>2</sub>-L) along with bulk Ni<sub>2</sub>P. Characterization\nrevealed that Ni<sub>2</sub>P nanoparticles were well dispersed on\nthe synthesized CeO<sub>2</sub>. Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub> exhibited\nthe highest activity on a catalyst weight basis among those Ni<sub>2</sub>P on synthesized supports as well as the common materials\nsuch as SiO<sub>2</sub>, Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, and activated\ncarbon. Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> (at a Ti/Ce\nmolar ratio of 0.98) afforded superior reactivity to Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub> based on turnover frequency (TOF, h<sup>–1</sup>), which points to more active sites on Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> than on Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub>. The TOF\nof anisole on catalysts decreased in the following order: Ni<sub>2</sub>P/Ti<sub>0.98</sub>Ce<sub>0.02</sub>O<sub>2</sub> > Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub> > Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub> > bulk\nNi<sub>2</sub>P. The type of supports employed for Ni<sub>2</sub>P\nalso\ninfluenced the product distributions and thus HDO pathways. Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub> favored benzene selectivity, and this may\nbe related to the relative electron enrichment on the Ni<sup>δ+</sup> site of Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub> that facilitated benzene\ndesorption from the catalyst surface after demethoxylation of anisole.\nNi<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> exhibited significantly\nhigher cyclohexane selectivity, which may be attributed to the lower\nelectron density on Ni<sup>δ+</sup> of Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> and the acidity of binary support, promoting\nthe deep hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexane. The presence of\nphenol when Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub> and Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> were employed in anisole HDO could be correlated\nwith the acidity of TiO<sub>2</sub>, which led to methylation of anisole.\nAdding a small amount of CeO<sub>2</sub> in TiO<sub>2</sub> and using\nit as support synergistically improved the TOF and suppressed phenol\nformation while increasing cyclohexane selectivity. Both Ni<sub>2</sub>P/CeO<sub>2</sub> and Ni<sub>2</sub>P/TiO<sub>2</sub>-CeO<sub>2</sub> are promising catalysts in anisole HDO for the tunable target products\nof benzene and cyclohexane, respectively.
Akira KishiokaShinzi UEKIMamoru AizawaKiyoshi ItataniF. Scott Howell
Wen Long ZhenRui‐tang GuoWei Pan
Chiara Massera (547887)Gernot Frenking (1569796)
Tkachuk VaЕ. С. ЛютоваЛ. П. БорилоLarisa N. SpivakovaА. А. Бузаев