Nanostructured bimetallic Zn/Co in N-doped carbon as an efficient catalyst for the alcohol dehydrogenation to carboxylic acids under solvent-free conditions

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2023.04.006

Abstract

Abstract: The catalytic alcohol dehydrogenation to carboxylic acids has been demonstrated as an atom-economic and environmental-friendly synthetic method. However, the reported catalysts either require relatively complicated synthesis or exhibit high activity only in the presence of a solvent. Therefore, it is still in high demand to obtain catalysts that feature facile synthesis and perform well even without any solvent. Herein, a series of nanostructured bimetallic Zn/Co species embedded in N-doped hierarchical porous carbon were fabricated in a facile and green manner. More significantly, the best-performing material (Zn/Co@NC-800) was identified as the first heterogeneous catalyst to enable this transformation under solvent-free conditions. Moreover, the as-prepared composites were comprehensively investigated to determine their structural and morphological properties, which rationalized the superiority of Zn/Co@NC-800 over the other synthesized materials. Further studies signified that Co sites (both Co⁰ and Co²⁺) and N species (mainly pyridinic N) were probably involved in this process, functioning as the Lewis acid site and basic site, respectively. Hopefully, this study could provide a simple and sustainable method for carboxylic acid synthesis.

Key words: Heterogeneous catalysis, Bimetallic ZIFs, Pyrolysis, Solvent-free, Alcohol dehydrogenation, Carboxylic acids

Zhong-Hui Zheng, Somboon Chaemchuen, Jun-Fei Gu, Jing Hang, Wei Sang, Ji-Chao Wang, Ye Yuan, Cheng Chen. Nanostructured bimetallic Zn/Co in N-doped carbon as an efficient catalyst for the alcohol dehydrogenation to carboxylic acids under solvent-free conditions[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2023, 161: 111-122.

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