摘要
The catalytic conversion of biomass platform chemicals using abundant non-noble metal nanocatalysts is a challenging topic.Here,high-density cobalt oxide nanoparticles loaded on biomass-derived porous N-doped carbon(NC)was fabricated by a tandem hydrothermal pyrolysis and mild nitrate decomposition process,which is a green and cheap preparation method.The Co_(3)O_(4) nanoparticles with the average size of 12 nm were uniformly distributed on the porous NC.The nanocomposites also possessed large surface area,high N content,good dispersibility in isopropanol,and furfural absorbability.Due to these characteristics,the novel cobalt nanocatalyst exhibited high catalytic activity for producing furfuryl alcohol,yielding 98.7%of the conversion and 97.1%of the selectivity at 160℃ for 6 h under 1 bar H2.The control experiments implied that both direct hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation pathways co-existed in the hydrogenation reaction.The excellent catalytic activity of Co_(3)O_(4)@NC was attributed to the cooperative effects of porous NC and Co_(3)O_(4) nanoparticles.This approach provides a new idea to design effective high-density nonnoble metal oxide nanocatalysts for hydrogenation reactions,which can make full use of sustainable natural biomass.
基金
The work was supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University(19212450-Y).
