Micro-sized hydrothermal carbon supporting metal oxide nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for mono-dehydration of sugar alcohol

doi:10.1007/s11708-020-0677-0

Front. Energy

2022, Vol. 16

Issue (5) : 822-839 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-020-0677-0

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Micro-sized hydrothermal carbon supporting metal oxide nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for mono-dehydration of sugar alcohol

Cheng PAN¹, Chao FAN¹, Wanqin WANG², Teng LONG³, Benhua HUANG¹, Donghua ZHANG⁴(

), Peigen SU¹, Aqun ZHENG¹, Yang SUN¹(

)

¹. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
². Department of Material Chemistry, School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
³. School of Material Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710600, China
⁴. School of Materials & Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China

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Abstract

Most known catalytic dehydration of sugar alcohols such as D-sorbitol and D-mannitol can only produce di-dehydrated forms as major product, but mono-dehydrated products are also useful chemicals. Moreover, both di- and mono-dehydration demand a high temperature (150°C or higher), which deserves further attentions. To improve the mono-dehydration efficiency, a series of metal-containing hydrothermal carbonaceous materials (HTC) are prepared as catalyst in this work. Characterization reveals that the composition of preparative solution has a key influence on the morphology of HTC. In transformation of D-sorbitol, all HTC catalysts show low conversions in water regardless of temperature, but much better outputs are obtained in ethanol, especially at a higher temperature. When D-mannitol is selected as substrate, moderate to high conversions are obtained in both water and ethanol. On the other hand, high mono-dehydration selectivity is obtained for both sugar alcohols by using all catalysts. The origin of mono-dehydration selectivity and role of carbon component in catalysis are discussed in association with calculations. This study provides an efficient, mild, eco-friendly, and cost-effective system for mono-dehydration of sugar alcohols, which means a lot to development in new detergents or other fine chemicals.

Keywords hydrothermal carbon morphology catalyst mono-dehydration sugar alcohol

Corresponding Author(s): Donghua ZHANG,Yang SUN

Online First Date: 10 June 2020 Issue Date: 28 November 2022

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Cheng PAN,Chao FAN,Wanqin WANG, et al. Micro-sized hydrothermal carbon supporting metal oxide nanoparticles as efficient catalyst for mono-dehydration of sugar alcohol[J]. Front. Energy, 2022, 16(5): 822-839.

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Scheme 1 Synthesis of catalysts.

Fig.1 SEM images.

Tab.1 Binding energy and atomic composition of element on sample surface

Fig.2 XPS measurement of Ti 2p region.

Fig.3 XPS measurement of Al 2p region.

Fig.4 Wide-angle XRD patterns.

Tab.2 Textural properties of synthetic sample

Fig.5 Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm and pore size distribution.

Fig.6 Curves of synthetic samples.

Tab.3 Catalytic dehydration of D-sorbitol to fine chemicals in ethanol

Tab.4 Catalytic dehydration of D-mannitol to fine chemicals in water

Tab.5 Catalytic dehydration of D-mannitol to fine chemicals in ethanol

Scheme 2 Proposed mechanism for catalytic dehydration of sugar alcohol.

Fig.7 Calculated contour of HOMO and LUMO for transition states TS1–TS7 in proposed mechanism.

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