Assessing the Role of the Support in Acetic Acid Hydrodeoxygenation Selectivity on Pt/TiO2
To produce drop-in quality biofuels following the thermochemical conversion of biomass via catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP), hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reactions can be performed to remove excess oxygen and create a more stable bio-oil product. HDO reactions involve co-feeding the CFP vapor-phase product and H2 gas over bi-functional catalysts, such as noble-metal catalysts supported on reducible metal oxides (e.g., Pt/TiO2). Recent model-compound studies, focusing on important classes of species in the CFP vapor mixture, have sought to determine the role of the various Pt/TiO2 actives sites (i.e., Pt-metal, TiO2-support, Pt-TiO2-interfacial sites) in producing the observed desired deoxygenation and undesired decarboxylation/decarbonylation products. One important class of compounds in the CFP vapor-phase product is carboxylic acids (e.g., acetic acid). Prior experimental work on acetic acid HDO (AA-HDO) found that Pt/C and Pt/TiO2 catalysts favored the formation of undesired C-C and desired C-O bond-dissociation products; however, the fundamental surface chemistry driving this shift in selectivity has not been established. This presentation employs atomic-scale modeling to determine, through comparisons of adsorption and reaction energetics, how Pt-metal, Pt-TiO2-interface, and interfacial-vacancy sites catalyze the competing reaction pathways for AA-HDO. Our analysis indicates that hydroxyl vacancies at the Pt-TiO2 interface are critical for lowering barriers for C-O bond-cleavage steps, such that they become favorable/competitive with respect to C-C bond-dissociation steps.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1870416
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/PR-5100-80720; MainId:77504; UUID:7dc017ac-b31e-434b-969e-ee842f49d082; MainAdminID:64579
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the ACS Fall 2021 Meeting, 22-26 August 2021, Atlanta, Georgia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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