Abstract

Hydrogen transfer of ketones, catalyzed by highly dispersed platinum nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), was studied. Pt nanoparticles were deposited on gram quantities of non-functionalized MWCNTs by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at 300 C, using (methylcyclopentadienyl) trimethylplatinum and oxygen as precursors. TEM analysis showed that ~ 1.4 nm Pt nanoparticles were highly dispersed on MWCNTs. The heterogeneous hydrogen-transfer reactions of acetophenone indicated that an acetophenone conversion of 100% and a 1-phenylethanol selectivity of 99.0% could be obtained with a ketone to Pt mass ratio of 24,690 and a ketone to KOH mass ratio of 22 at 150 C for 5 h. The selectivity of the Pt/MWCNT catalyst was higher than that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst, due to the highly dispersed, uniform Pt nanoparticles and the unique porous structures of the Pt/MWCNT catalyst. The high stability of the Pt/MWCNT catalyst was demonstrated by reutilization of the catalyst. The high reactivity and selectivity of this catalyst for hydrogen transfer reduction were also demonstrated for other ketones. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Comments

University of Missouri, Grant None

Keywords and Phrases

Atomic layer deposition (ALD); Catalytic hydrogen transfer; CNT; Ketones; Platinum (Pt)

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1566-7367

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

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Publication Date

10 Feb 2014

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