Abstract
One-step phenol hydrogenation over Pd@N-doped carbon (CN) is a sustainable approach to produce cyclohexanone, a key intermediate in the production of nylon. In this work, cobalt sources and 2-methylimidazole (2-MeIm) were mixed and directly carbonized to synthesize CN materials. After acid etching and Pd loading, the Pd2+@CN catalysts were achieved, and the porous structures and surface properties can be modulated by tuning the kind of cobalt sources and the molar ratio of 2-MeIm and cobalt. The Pd2+@CN(D) (prepared by the direct carbonization strategy) demonstrates comparable performance in the phenol hydrogenation to the ZIF-67-derived Pd2+@CN(67), and more importantly, the obtained weight of Pd2+@CN(D) is 2.1 times higher than that of Pd2+@CN(67). The optimum Pd2+@CN-4 (synthesized with a molar ratio of 4 between 2-MeIm and cobalt acetate tetrahydrate) achieves superior and durable catalytic performance (a turnover frequency (TOF) of 125.9 h−1) for the well-developed hierarchically porous structures, rich defects and abundant alkaline.
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