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Title: Catalytic C-O bond hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol over metal supported WOx/TiO2 catalysts

Abstract

M-WOx/TiO2 (M = Pt-, Rh-, Pd-, and Ru) catalysts were prepared and studied for tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol (THFDM) hydrogenolysis. All catalysts have a small metal particle size (< 2 nm) but show catalytic activities that differ by two orders of magnitude. From a combination of CO chemisorption and STEM, we conclude that this wide gap in activity is primarily due to overgrowth of WOx/TiO2 covering the metal particle of the less-active catalysts. This overgrowth decreases the number of exposed hydrogenation sites in these catalysts, lowering the overall reaction rate. The catalyst with the highest activity (Pt-WOx/TiO2) was studied at various pressures of H2, with catalytic activity passing through a maximum with increasing pressure. This is likely due to changes in the oxidation state of Wδ+ on the catalyst surface, which changes from W6+ to W5+ and W4+ with increasing hydrogen pressure. Moreover, H2 can strongly adsorb on the catalyst surface and inhibit the activity at high hydrogen pressure. The apparent activation energy of THFDM conversion over Pt-WOx/TiO2 is 47 kJ·mol-1. Pt-WOx/TiO2 showed a decrease in conversion from 45% to 23% over 46 h on stream in a continuous flow reactor. Catalyst deactivation is likely due to leaching of W. THFDM can bemore » efficiently converted to 1,2,6-hexanetriol (HTO) in the presence of Pt/TiO2 and homogeneous W salts.« less

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  1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1799261
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1778293
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0006878
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 258; Journal ID: ISSN 0926-3373
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; biochemicals; biomass; 1,6-hexanediol; catalyst

Citation Formats

He, Jiayue, Burt, Samuel P., Ball, Madelyn R., Hermans, Ive, Dumesic, James A., and Huber, George W. Catalytic C-O bond hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol over metal supported WOx/TiO2 catalysts. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117945.
He, Jiayue, Burt, Samuel P., Ball, Madelyn R., Hermans, Ive, Dumesic, James A., & Huber, George W. Catalytic C-O bond hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol over metal supported WOx/TiO2 catalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117945
He, Jiayue, Burt, Samuel P., Ball, Madelyn R., Hermans, Ive, Dumesic, James A., and Huber, George W. Wed . "Catalytic C-O bond hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol over metal supported WOx/TiO2 catalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117945. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1799261.
@article{osti_1799261,
title = {Catalytic C-O bond hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol over metal supported WOx/TiO2 catalysts},
author = {He, Jiayue and Burt, Samuel P. and Ball, Madelyn R. and Hermans, Ive and Dumesic, James A. and Huber, George W.},
abstractNote = {M-WOx/TiO2 (M = Pt-, Rh-, Pd-, and Ru) catalysts were prepared and studied for tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol (THFDM) hydrogenolysis. All catalysts have a small metal particle size (< 2 nm) but show catalytic activities that differ by two orders of magnitude. From a combination of CO chemisorption and STEM, we conclude that this wide gap in activity is primarily due to overgrowth of WOx/TiO2 covering the metal particle of the less-active catalysts. This overgrowth decreases the number of exposed hydrogenation sites in these catalysts, lowering the overall reaction rate. The catalyst with the highest activity (Pt-WOx/TiO2) was studied at various pressures of H2, with catalytic activity passing through a maximum with increasing pressure. This is likely due to changes in the oxidation state of Wδ+ on the catalyst surface, which changes from W6+ to W5+ and W4+ with increasing hydrogen pressure. Moreover, H2 can strongly adsorb on the catalyst surface and inhibit the activity at high hydrogen pressure. The apparent activation energy of THFDM conversion over Pt-WOx/TiO2 is 47 kJ·mol-1. Pt-WOx/TiO2 showed a decrease in conversion from 45% to 23% over 46 h on stream in a continuous flow reactor. Catalyst deactivation is likely due to leaching of W. THFDM can be efficiently converted to 1,2,6-hexanetriol (HTO) in the presence of Pt/TiO2 and homogeneous W salts.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117945},
journal = {Applied Catalysis B: Environmental},
number = ,
volume = 258,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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