Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol on the ZrO2-TiO2 Supported Pt-WOx Catalyst

A series of Pt/WOx-ZrO2-TiO2catalysts with different Ti/Zr molar ratios was prepared by an evaporation induced self-assembly method, and used to efficient hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1-PO and 1,3-PDO. BET, XRD, Raman, TEM, XPS and Py-IR were employed to characterize the physicochemical properties of the catalysts. The structural and acidic properties of the catalysts were affected by the Ti/Zr ratio of the support ZrO2-TiO2. Two new crystalline phases of ZrTiO4and Ti2ZrO6and the amount of acid sites were detected in the Pt/WOx-ZrO2-TiO2catalysts. 1-PO is dominant in all products of glycerol hydrogenolysis over the supported Pt-WOx catalysts, which is attributed to more Lewis acid sites on the catalyst surface. The Pt/WOx-ZrO2-TiO2catalyst with a Ti/Zr ratio of 7/3 showed the highest 1,3-PDO yield (25.3%) and 1-PO yield (42.3%), due to its more acid sites including Brønsted and Lewis, and higher concentration of surface Pt0.Keywords:hydrogenolysis of glycerol;1,3-propanediol;1-propanediol;Pt-WOx;ZrO2-TiO2