Basic anion-exchange resin (AER)-supported Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) into 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA)

Churchil A. Antonyraj, Nhan Thanh Thien Huynh, Seok Kyu Park, Seunghan Shin, Yong Jin Kim, Sangyong Kim, Kwan Young Lee, Jin Ku Cho

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    Abstract

    Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles supported on basic anion-exchange resin (AER) have exceptional catalytic activity for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF) into 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with an equimolar amount of base. SEM-EDX and TEM analyses show that 5–20 nm Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles are well dispersed both on the resin surface and inside resin spheres by a simple procedure without any assistance of additives. XPS analysis reveals that Au- and Pd metals exist in an alloy form on the AER support, which is confirmed by a comparison study with a mixture of AER-supported monometallic nanoparticles (AER-supported Au and AER-supported Pd). In the presence of a 1:1 ratio of Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles over Amberlite IRA-743 resin with O2 (10 bar) at 373 K in an equimolar Na2CO3 aqueous solution, HMF is oxidized to FDCA with a 93.2% yield. On the other hand, mixture of AER-supported Au and AER-supported Pd affords only a 52% FDCA yield under identical conditions. This catalyst can be used 6 times without any significant loss of activity. FDCA is also obtained from HMF with an 82.9% yield in air (40 bar).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)230-236
    Number of pages7
    JournalApplied Catalysis A: General
    Volume547
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was financially supported by the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) grant by the Korea government (No. CAP-11-04-KIST ) and we acknowledge financial support for this research by the Internal Research Program ( PEO17250 & PJB17130 ) of Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2017 Elsevier B.V.

    Keywords

    • 2,5-Furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA)
    • 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfural (HMF)
    • Anion-exchange resin (AER)
    • Au-Pd alloynanoparticles
    • Oxidation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Catalysis
    • Process Chemistry and Technology

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