Preparation of Ni2P–N/TiO2 Catalyst in N2 Atmosphere and Its Benzofuran Hydrodeoxygenation Performance

Abstract An alternative route to synthesize Ni 2 P–N/TiO 2 in N 2 atmosphere instead of H 2 atmosphere by thermal treatment method was proposed, and the Ni 2 P–N/TiO 2 catalyst was investigated in benzofuran hydrodeoxygenation (BF HDO) performance. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), N 2 -adsorption specific surface area measurements, CO uptake and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to characterize the catalysts. The results showed that, the Ni 2 P–N/TiO 2 catalyst possessed a smaller and highly dispersed Ni 2 P particles on the catalysts showed a higher benzofuran hydrodeoxygenation conversion (91.9%) and ethylcyclohexane selectivity (70.4%).