Abstract
Copper-containing mesoporous HMS catalysts prepared via a one-pot synthesis method based on sol−gel chemistry have been systematically characterized focusing on the effect of copper loading. Structural characterization of a series of different copper loading samples was performed by means of N2 adsorption, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, temperature programmed reduction, N2O titration, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It is concluded that the copper loading has a great influence on the pore structure of the catalyst. On the basis of the characterizations, the copper species on calcined CuO/HMS samples and reduced Cu/HMS samples were assigned. The synergetic effect between the Cu0 and Cu+ is considered to be responsible for the enhanced catalytic performance in the hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate (DMO) to ethylene glycol (EG). The maximum ratio of Cu0/Cu+ obtained via tuning the copper loading can result in the highest DMO hydrogenation activity and EG selectivity.
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