We studied the hydrogenation of 2‐ethylanthraquinone（eAQ） over Pd/SiO2/COR（COR = cordierite） monometallic and Pd‐M/SiO2/COR（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） bimetallic monolithic catalysts, which were prepared by the c...We studied the hydrogenation of 2‐ethylanthraquinone（eAQ） over Pd/SiO2/COR（COR = cordierite） monometallic and Pd‐M/SiO2/COR（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） bimetallic monolithic catalysts, which were prepared by the co‐impregnation method. Detailed investigations showed that the particle sizes and structures of the Pd‐M（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） bimetallic monolithic catalysts were great‐ly affected by the second metal M and the mass ratio of Pd to the second metal M. By virtue of the small particle size and the strong interaction between Pd and Ni of Pd‐Ni alloy, Pd‐Ni bimetallic monolithic catalysts with the mass ratio of Pd/Ni = 2 achieved the highest H2O2 yield（7.5 g/L） and selectivity（95.3%）. Moreover, density functional theory calculations were performed for eAQ ad‐sorption to gain a better mechanistic understanding of the molecule‐surface interactions between eAQ and the Pd（1 1 1） or PdM（1 1 1）（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） surfaces. It was found that the high activity of the bimetallic Pd‐Ni catalyst was a result of strong chemisorption between Pd3Ni1（1 1 1） and the carbonyl group of eAQ.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21476009, 21406007, U1462104)~~
文摘We studied the hydrogenation of 2‐ethylanthraquinone（eAQ） over Pd/SiO2/COR（COR = cordierite） monometallic and Pd‐M/SiO2/COR（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） bimetallic monolithic catalysts, which were prepared by the co‐impregnation method. Detailed investigations showed that the particle sizes and structures of the Pd‐M（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） bimetallic monolithic catalysts were great‐ly affected by the second metal M and the mass ratio of Pd to the second metal M. By virtue of the small particle size and the strong interaction between Pd and Ni of Pd‐Ni alloy, Pd‐Ni bimetallic monolithic catalysts with the mass ratio of Pd/Ni = 2 achieved the highest H2O2 yield（7.5 g/L） and selectivity（95.3%）. Moreover, density functional theory calculations were performed for eAQ ad‐sorption to gain a better mechanistic understanding of the molecule‐surface interactions between eAQ and the Pd（1 1 1） or PdM（1 1 1）（M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu） surfaces. It was found that the high activity of the bimetallic Pd‐Ni catalyst was a result of strong chemisorption between Pd3Ni1（1 1 1） and the carbonyl group of eAQ.
