Decun Luo,Ziyu Tang,Xiyang Yu,Tao Zhang,Chun-Ran Chang,Zhun Hu
The effect of ZrO 2 crystalline phases on Pd/ZrO 2 for catalytic combustion of toluene was investigated. It was found that Pd/t-ZrO 2 showed superior activity when the toluene concentration was lower than 2000 ppm, while Pd/m-ZrO 2 performed better with toluene concentration higher than 3000 ppm. Kinetic studies showed that the reaction order of toluene on Pd/t-ZrO 2 and Pd/m-ZrO 2 is 0 and 2, respectively. The catalytic activity was controlled by combined effect of PdO activity and quantity, which was correlated with the interaction between palladium and zirconia. The t-ZrO 2 increased PdO species activity, while m-ZrO 2 could enhance the amount of PdO. DFT results showed that the p-band center of the O of PdO on t-ZrO 2 was higher, suggesting that PdO was more active. In situ -DRIFTS revealed that the reaction pathway of catalytic oxidation of toluene on Pd/ZrO 2 was as follows: toluene was oxidized stepwise to benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, benzoic acid , CO 2 and H 2 O.
Zhaopeng Liu,Youming Ni,Zhongpan Hu,Yi Fu,Xudong Fang,Qike Jiang,Zhiyang Chen,Wenliang Zhu,Zhongmin Liu
The utilization of metal oxide-zeolite catalysts in the syngas-to-olefin reaction is a promising strategy for producing C 2 –C 4 olefins from non-petroleum resources. However, the effect of the crystal phase of metal oxides on the catalytic activity of these oxides is still ambiguous. Herein, typical metal oxides (ZnO/ZrO 2 ) with different crystal phases (monoclinic ( m -ZrO 2 ) and tetragonal ( t -ZrO 2 )) were employed for syngas conversion. The (ZnO/ m -ZrO 2 +SAPO-34) composite catalyst exhibited 80.5% selectivity for C 2 –C 4 olefins at a CO conversion of 27.9%, where the results are superior to those (CO conversion of 16.4% and C 2 –C 4 olefin selectivity of 76.1%) obtained over (ZnO/ t -ZrO 2 +SAPO-34). The distinct differences are ascribed to the larger number of hydroxyl groups, Lewis acid sites, and oxygen defects in ZnO/ m -ZrO 2 compared to ZnO/ t -ZrO 2 . These features result in the formation of more formate and methoxy intermediate species on the ZnO/ m -ZrO 2 oxides during syngas conversion, followed by the formation of more light olefins over SAPO-34. The present findings provide useful information for the design of highly efficient ZrO 2 -based catalysts for syngas conversion.