Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Mesoporous N-Doped Carbon and Their Catalytic Ability for Biofuel Upgrade
2012
Xu, Xuan | Li, Yi | Gong, Yutong | Zhang, Pengfei | Li, Haoran | Wang, Yong
We report a catalyst made of Pd nanoparticles (NPs) supported on mesoporous N-doped carbon, Pd@CN₀₁₃₂, which was shown to be highly active in promoting biomass refining. The use of a task-specific ionic liquid (3-methyl-1-butylpyridine dicyanamide) as a precursor and silica NPs as a hard template afforded a high-nitrogen-content (12 wt %) mesoporous carbon material that showed high activity in stabilizing Pd NPs. The resulting Pd@CN₀.₁₃₂ catalyst showed very high catalytic activity in hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin (a typical model compound of lignin) at low H₂ pressure under mild conditions in aqueous media. Excellent catalytic results (100% conversion of vanillin and 100% selectivity for 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol) were achieved, and no loss of catalytic activity was observed after six recycles.
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