Highly Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroaromatics over Pt/TiO2@S-1 catalyst with Inlaid Strong Metal-Support Interaction

Graphical The encapsulation of Pt/TiO 2 -450H catalyst with SMSI into zeolite silicalite-1 (S-1) is reported. The resulting Pt/TiO 2 @S-1 catalyst dispalyed superior catalytic performance especially for halogenated nitroaromatics and without degradation in selectivity after 7 cycles. It is attributed to the high surface area, SMSI effect in confined space and the pore structure of S-1 with selective adsorption of substrates. The encapsulation of metal nanoparticles (NPs)-based active sites and homogeneous catalysts in nanoporous materials has been of highly research focus for tuning their catalytic activity, selectivity and stability. Although the catalysts with strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) hold the reversible encapsulation feature in a certain atmosphere, there is still a lack of systematic research on them in a real confined environment. Herein, we present a highly selective and stable Pt/TiO 2 @S-1 catalyst, which is prepared by in-situ growth of classical silicalite-1 on the external surface of Pt/TiO 2 -450H pre-catalyst with SMSI effect. Encouragingly, the encapsulated 20Pt/TiO 2 @S-1 catalyst demonstrates unprecedented catalytic performance for various nitroaromatics and without any degradation in selectivity after 7 cycles (>99%) for the hydrogenation of 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene. Such situation is attributed to the high surface area, SMSI effect in confined space as well as the pore structure of silicalite-1 with selective adsorption of substrates.