Tianyi Huang , Jiajia Wu , Yongqi Pan , Zhiyuan Yu , Fangyu Zhao , Shafqat Ullah , Yang Xu , Yong Chen , Zhehao Sun , Zongyou Yin , Qiangqiang Xue , Sibudjing Kawi , Shuliang Lu , Yujun Wang , Guangsheng Luo
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Abstract
The hydrogenation of the CC bond in α-β unsaturated aldehydes faces substantial difficulties due to the steric hindrance and the conjugation effects of macromolecular unsaturated aldehydes. Herein, we introduce a novel approach to prepare nanosheet-structured Ni-Al2O3 catalysts featuring exposed {100} crystal planes and hydroxyl groups, utilizing a microfluidic system to easily control crystal plane growth achieve support modification. In-situ characterizations and DFT calculations reveal that the exposed {100} crystal plane, a strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) promotes electron transfer of Ni and significantly reducing the CC hydrogenation energy barrier from 3.12 eV to 1.79 eV. The hydroxyl environment facilitates effective adsorption of the CO bond, accelerating the reaction and enabling rapid desorption of the product. Under modified reaction conditions for the preparation of 2-ethylhexanol, the catalyst still achieved a yield of 99.9 %. This simple method of support modification enables rapid large-scale preparation, possessing significant potential for industrial applications.
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