Porous MOFs supported palladium catalysts for phenol hydrogenation: A comparative study on MIL-101 and MIL-53

  • Damin Zhang
  • , Yejun Guan*
  • , Emiel J.M. Hensen
  • , Li Chen
  • , Yimeng Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two metal organic frameworks (MOFs), chromium benzenedicarboxylates MIL-101 and MIL-53, have been synthesized and used as the support of palladium catalysts. The palladium catalysts were characterized by XRD, TEM, and CO chemisorption. MIL-101 is highly hydrophilic and beneficial as support for fine Pd nanoparticles with an average size of 2.3 nm. Microporous MIL-53 is relatively hydrophobic and larger Pd particles with an average size of 4.3 nm were formed on the external surface. Pd/MIL-101 showed better phenol selective hydrogenation activity to cyclohexanone (> 98%) under mild reaction conditions because of its smaller particle size.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)47-51
Number of pages5
JournalCatalysis Communications
Volume41
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Benzenedicarboxylate
  • Chromium
  • Cyclohexanone
  • Hydrogenation
  • Palladium
  • Phenol

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