Effect of the amine group content on catalytic activity and stability of mesoporous silica supported Pd catalysts for additive-free formic acid dehydrogenation at room temperature

Min Ho Jin, Ju Hyoung Park, Duckkyu Oh, Jong Soo Park, Kwan Young Lee, Dong Wook Lee

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

34 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) between amine-functionalized silica supports and Pd nanoparticles is one of important factors to determine the catalytic activity of additive-free formic acid dehydrogenation at room temperature over Pd/NH 2 -silica catalysts. However, there are few reports on the effect of the content of amine functional groups on the SMSI and catalytic performance for formic acid dehydrogenation. In this study, we tried to maximize the content of amino-propyl groups on the surface of mesoporous silica supports (KIE-6) via hydroxylation of KIE-6 surface before amine functionalization and investigated the effect of the content of amine functional groups on the catalytic activity and stability for formic acid dehydrogenation. As a result, Pd/NH 2 -hydroxylated KIE-6 (Pd/NH 2 -OH-KIE-6) catalysts with more amine functional groups provided higher initial catalytic activity (595 mol H 2 mol catalyst −1 h −1 ) than Pd/NH 2 -KIE-6 catalysts. However, Pd/NH 2 -KIE-6 catalysts showed higher catalytic stability in comparison with Pd/NH 2 -OH-KIE-6 catalysts. After various characterizations of catalysts, it was demonstrated that the enhanced initial catalytic activity of Pd/NH 2 -OH-KIE-6 catalysts is attributed to the higher ratio of Pd/PdO derived from the increased content of amine groups of NH 2 -OH-KIE-6 supports. In contrast, the low surface area of NH 2 -OH-KIE-6 promoted the aggregation of Pd nanoparticles on Pd/NH 2 -OH-KIE-6 catalysts, which resulted in the lower catalytic stability of Pd/NH 2 -OH-KIE-6 catalysts than Pd/NH 2 -KIE-6 catalysts. Thus it was concluded that confinement of Pd nanoparticles to the pores of supports is a more dominant factor to achieve higher catalytic stability, while the initial catalytic activity is affected by the electronic state of Pd nanoparticle determined by the content of amine functional groups on the surface of supports.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4737-4744
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume44
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Feb 22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Fuel Technology
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Effect of the amine group content on catalytic activity and stability of mesoporous silica supported Pd catalysts for additive-free formic acid dehydrogenation at room temperature'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this