Abstract
Highly active and selective bimetallic AgCu/SiC-powder catalysts have been prepared by a facile method for the gas-phase selective oxidation of alcohols (such as 99.3% benzyl alcohol conversion and 99.6% benzyl aldehyde selectivity). The catalytic activity can maintain at least 200 h compared with Cu/SiC (only within 10 h). The formation of Ag-Cu2O ensembles brings about enhanced improvement both in conversion and stability. The XPS results reveal that large amounts of Ag0-Cu2O active sites formed after pre-activation process and Cu2O sites play a dominant role in benzyl alcohol oxidation reaction. Dehydrogenation reaction process has also been confirmed by O2-TPD.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Catalysis Communications |
| Volume | 98 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Ag-CuO
- AgCu/SiC
- Alcohol oxidation
- Bimetallic catalyst