Erschienen in:
ChemSusChem, 8 (2015) 10, Seite 1761-1767
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1002/cssc.201500053
ISSN:
1864-5631;
1864-564X
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AbstractA simple Pd‐loaded Nb2O5/SiO2 catalyst was prepared for the hydrodeoxygenation of biomass‐related compounds to alkanes under mild conditions. Niobium oxide dispersed in silica (Nb2O5/SiO2) as the support was prepared by the sol–gel method and characterized by various techniques, including N2 adsorption, XRD, NH3 temperature‐programmed desorption (TPD), TEM, and energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDAX) atomic mapping. The characterization results showed that the niobium oxide species were amorphous and well dispersed in silica. Compared to commercial Nb2O5, Nb2O5/SiO2 has significantly more active niobium oxide species exposed on the surface. Under mild conditions (170 °C, 2.5 MPa), Pd/10 %Nb2O5/SiO2 was effective for the hydrodeoxygenation reactions of 4‐(2‐furyl)‐3‐buten‐2‐one (aldol adduct of furfural with acetone), palmitic acid, tristearin, and diphenyl ether (model compounds of microalgae oils, vegetable oils, and lignin), which gave high yields (>94 %) of alkanes with little CC bond cleavage. More importantly, owing to the significant promotion effect of NbOx species on CO bond cleavage and the mild reaction conditions, the CC cleavage was considerably restrained, and the catalyst showed an excellent activity and stability for the hydrodeoxygenation of palmitic acid with almost no decrease in hexadecane yield (94–95 %) in a 150 h time‐on‐stream test.