TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonoxidative Dehydrogenation of Methanol to Methyl Formate through Highly Stable and Reusable CuMgO-Based Catalysts
AU - Yuan, Ding-Jier
AU - Hengne, Amol Mahalingappa
AU - Saih, Youssef
AU - Huang, Kuo-Wei
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: We are grateful for the financial support from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and technical support from the KAUST core lab.
PY - 2019/1/23
Y1 - 2019/1/23
N2 - Nonoxidative dehydrogenation of methanol to methyl formate over a CuMgO-based catalyst was investigated. Although the active site is metallic copper (Cu0), the best reaction conditions were obtained by tuning the ratio of Cu/Mg and doping the catalyst with 1 wt % of Pd to achieve a very specific activity for methyl formate synthesis. On the basis of the CO2 temperature-programmed desorption study, the basic strength of the catalyst plays a role in the efficient conversion of methanol to methyl formate via dehydrogenation. These CuMgO-based catalysts show excellent thermal stability during the reaction and the regeneration processes. Approx. 80% methanol conversion with constant selectivity to methyl formate was achieved even after 4 rounds of usage for a total reaction time exceeding 200 h, indicative of their potential for practical applications.
AB - Nonoxidative dehydrogenation of methanol to methyl formate over a CuMgO-based catalyst was investigated. Although the active site is metallic copper (Cu0), the best reaction conditions were obtained by tuning the ratio of Cu/Mg and doping the catalyst with 1 wt % of Pd to achieve a very specific activity for methyl formate synthesis. On the basis of the CO2 temperature-programmed desorption study, the basic strength of the catalyst plays a role in the efficient conversion of methanol to methyl formate via dehydrogenation. These CuMgO-based catalysts show excellent thermal stability during the reaction and the regeneration processes. Approx. 80% methanol conversion with constant selectivity to methyl formate was achieved even after 4 rounds of usage for a total reaction time exceeding 200 h, indicative of their potential for practical applications.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/631004
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.8b03069
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060551936&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acsomega.8b03069
DO - 10.1021/acsomega.8b03069
M3 - Article
C2 - 31459440
SN - 2470-1343
VL - 4
SP - 1854
EP - 1860
JO - ACS Omega
JF - ACS Omega
IS - 1
ER -