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Influence of noble metals on the catalytic performance of Ni/TiO2 for Ethanol Guerbet condensation

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In the present work, Ni-M/TiO2 (M = Au, Pt, and Ir) were prepared and their catalytic performances were evaluated for ethanol Guerbet condensation. The characterization and evaluation results showed that the addition of noble metal adjusted the acid–base properties of catalyst and improved its catalytic performance. The number of acid sites of catalyst promoted the conversion of ethanol while the strength of basic sites of catalyst boosted the formation of n-butanol. Ni-Pt/TiO2 presented the best catalytic performance: n-butanol selectivity of 48.1% was reached at an ethanol conversion of 40.0% at 210 °C and 10 h. Furthermore the catalytic stability of Ni-Pt/TiO2 was improved significantly; it was used for 3 runs without a significant loss in its catalytic performance.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21476058, No. 21506046 and No. 21978066), Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 16JCQNJC06100), Basic Research Program of Hebei Province for Natural Science Foundation and Key Basic Research Project (Grant No. 18964308D), and Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant No. B2020202048).

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Han, X., Li, S., Zhu, X. et al. Influence of noble metals on the catalytic performance of Ni/TiO2 for Ethanol Guerbet condensation. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 131, 919–933 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-020-01899-1

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