Facile Synthesis of Microporous Carbons from Biomass Waste as High Performance Supports for Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Catalysts
2.3. Test of Catalysts
2.4. Calculation Method
2.5. Characterization of Catalysts
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Catalyst Characterization Results
3.2. Catalytic Activity
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalyst | Average Particle Size (nm) | |
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XRD | TEM | |
Pd/CPS | 7.2 | 6.7 ± 0.6 |
Pd/CPS-ZnCl2 | 3.8 | 3.6 ± 0.6 |
Pd/CMS | 6.8 | 6.4 ± 0.4 |
Pd/CMS-ZnCl2 | 2.8 | 2.9 ± 0.5 |
Catalyst | SSABET 1 (m2·g−1) | SSAMes 2 (m2·g−1) | SSAMic 3 (m2·g−1) | VT 4 (cm3·g−1) | VMes 5 (cm3·g−1) | VMic 6 (cm3·g−1) |
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Pd/CPS | 456 | 50 | 406 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.20 |
Pd/CPS-ZnCl2 | 629 | 113 | 517 | 0.34 | 0.09 | 0.25 |
Pd/CMS | 466 | 50 | 416 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 0.20 |
Pd/CMS-ZnCl2 | 1081 | 199 | 882 | 0.55 | 0.11 | 0.44 |
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Cao, T.; Cheng, J.; Ma, J.; Yang, C.; Yao, M.; Liu, F.; Deng, M.; Wang, X.; Ren, Y. Facile Synthesis of Microporous Carbons from Biomass Waste as High Performance Supports for Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3028. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113028
Cao T, Cheng J, Ma J, Yang C, Yao M, Liu F, Deng M, Wang X, Ren Y. Facile Synthesis of Microporous Carbons from Biomass Waste as High Performance Supports for Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(11):3028. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113028
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Tingting, Jinke Cheng, Jun Ma, Chunliang Yang, Mengqin Yao, Fei Liu, Min Deng, Xiaodan Wang, and Yuan Ren. 2021. "Facile Synthesis of Microporous Carbons from Biomass Waste as High Performance Supports for Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid" Nanomaterials 11, no. 11: 3028. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11113028