Promotional effect of Cu on the structure and chloronitrobenzene hydrogenation performance of carbon nanotube and activated carbon supported Pt catalysts

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

N. Mahata (Author) Other; O.S.G.P. Soares (Author) FEUP; I. Rodríguez-Ramos (Author) Other; Manuel Fernando R Pereira (Author) FEUP; José Melo Orfão (Author) FEUP; José Luís Figueiredo (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Applied Catalysis A: General

Vol. 464

Pages: 28-34

ISSN: 0926-860X

Publisher: Elsevier

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology

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Authenticus ID: P-006-86Q

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.05.018

Abstract (EN): The promotional effect of Cu on the performance of supported Pt catalysts in the selective hydrogenation of ortho- and para-chloronitrobenzene was studied at unprecedented large substrate/Pt molar ratio (20,000) using carbon nanotubes and activated carbon as supports. The catalysts were characterized by N-2 adsorption at -196 degrees C, H-2 chemisorption, TEM, TPR and XPS in order to correlate the corresponding properties with catalytic performance. Strong interactions between Pt and Cu result in partial coverage of the Pt surface by Cu. It is suggested that the superficial Cu species activate the N=O bond of chloronitrobenzene and also inhibit the adsorption of the desired product chloroaniline. Thus, the bimetallic catalysts exhibited excellent performance in producing selectively chloroanilines (>99%), in comparison to monometallic catalysts (91-98%). Moreover, the stability was much improved in comparison to the monometallic catalyst.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7