Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 677-683.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60032-2

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Influence of pretreatment on the catalytic performance of Ru/SBA-15 catalysts for glycerol hydrogenolysis

Yuming Lia, Lan Maa,b, Huimin Liua, Dehua Hea   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics &Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
    b Institute of Chemical Defence, Beijing 102205, China
  • Received:2013-11-16 Revised:2014-01-03 Online:2014-04-18 Published:2014-04-24
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20973098, 21033004) and the Analytical Foundation of Tsinghua University of China.

Abstract:

Ru/SBA-15 catalysts were prepared by impregnation and were pretreated under different conditions, and were characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption, X-ray diffraction, CO chemisorption, transmission electron microscopy, and the reaction of glycerol hydrogenolysis. The catalyst calcined in air had larger Ru particles, while the direct reduction of the catalysts with H2 without air pre-calcination made the Ru particles dispersed well. As the H2 reduction temperature increased, the Ru dispersion decreased. The turnover frequency (TOF) of the catalysts increased as the Ru dispersion decreased, indicating that Ru/SBA-15 catalyzed glycerol hydrogenolysis is a structure sensitive reaction.

Key words: Ruthenium, Supported catalyst, Glycerol, Hydrogenolysis, Pretreatment, Structure sensitive reaction