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Synthesis and Testing of Supported Pt-Cu Solid Solution Nanoparticle Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation
Published on: July 18, 2017
Catalytic combustion of ethyl acetate on supported copper oxide catalysts
Yuxia Yang1, Xianlun Xu, Kunpeng Sun
1State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, China. gsyyx77@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract:
Total oxidation of ethyl acetate on supported copper oxide catalysts was investigated. The catalysts have been prepared by wet impregnation method and characterized by XRD, TEM and XPS. Among the catalysts with the supports of TiO2, CeO2/TiO2 and CeO2-ZrO2/TiO2, CeO2-ZrO2 solid solutions doped TiO2 supported catalyst gives the highest catalytic activity. Catalyst with the composition of 5 wt.% CuO/10 wt.% CeO2-ZrO2-TiO2 shows the total oxidation of ethyl acetate at about 270 degrees C with the 100% CO2 selectivity. The characterization studies of supported copper oxide catalysts showed that the highly dispersed CuO is one of the active phase which contacts intimately with the support, the action of the interface between the components was not be ignored.
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