A well fabricated PtSn/SiO2 catalyst with enhanced synergy between Pt and Sn for acetic acid hydrogenation to ethanol

作者：Xu, Guozhen; Zhang, Jian^*; Wang, Shengping; Zhao, Yujun^*; Ma, Xinbin

来源：RSC Advances, 2016, 6(56): 51005-51013.

DOI：10.1039/c6ra09199g

• PLATINUM TETRAMMINE HYDROXIDE
• AQUEOUS-PHASE HYDROGENATION
• SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION
• PROPANE DEHYDROGENATION
• CARBOXYLIC-ACIDS
• TETRAAMMINE IMPREGNATION
• MOSSBAUER-SPECTROSCOPY
• PT/SIO2 CATALYST
• PARTICLE-SIZE
• TIN OXIDE

This work reported a well-fabricated PtSn/SiO2 catalyst prepared by a modified two-step sol-gel (MTSG) method. The adoption of strong electrostatic adsorption (SEA) and sol-gel (SG) method could give both a significantly high Pt dispersion and a large amount of Lewis acid sites. The homogenous distribution of Sn species could not only provide more opportunity for the Pt precursor to disperse on the support by forming Pt-(O-Sn )(2-y)(y) analogous species, but also enhance the synergy between Pt and Sn species. Consequently, an excellent activity was achieved in the hydrogenation of acetic acid (AcOH) with a conversion of 100% and ethanol (EtOH) selectivity of 93%. Investigations on the effect of Sn/Pt molar ratio showed that the dispersion of Pt decreases obviously with the increasing Sn/Pt ratio due to the geometric or electronic effects caused by SnOx species. A balancing effect between Pt active sites and Lewis acid sites was found to be responsible for the superior catalytic performance in AcOH hydrogenation. Moreover, a parallel reaction path model was proposed for the hydrogenation of AcOH over PtSn/SiO2 catalyst, in which ethanol and ethyl acetate (AcOEt) are formed competitively through the adsorbed ethoxy intermediate.

• 出版日期2016
• 单位天津大学