Haixiang Shi , Qingqing Li , Tongming Su , Xuan Luo , Zuzeng Qin , Hongbing Ji
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Abstract
Amorphous cobalt boride (CoB) catalysts have superior CO selectivity for cinnamaldehyde (CAL) hydrogenation and low activity. This work prepared CoZnyB/Nb2CTx(MXene) catalysts with different Zn ratios (y=0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1) via a wet reduction method, which were subsequently utilized in the selective hydrogenation of CAL to cinnamyl alcohol (COL). The CoZn0.05B/Nb2CTx catalyst exhibited superior low-temperature activity, with 91.4 % CAL conversion and a 66.3 % COL yield. SEM and XPS analyses further revealed that Zn enhanced the catalytic activity by generating smaller amorphous alloy particles and exposing more Co0 active sites. Furthermore, the NH3-TPD and adsorbed pyridine DRIFTS results showed that Zn modified the surface acidity of the CoZnyB/Nb2CTx catalyst by generating both Lewis acid sites and Brønsted acid sites, which can facilitate the adsorption of CAL. This work demonstrated that Zn can increase the number of exposed active sites and modify the surface acid properties of amorphous CoB catalysts.
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