Activated Carbon Supported Mo-Ti-N Binary Transition Metal Nitride as Catalyst for Acetylene Hydrochlorination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Catalysts
2.3. Characterization Techniques
2.4. Experimental Measurements
2.5. Analytical Methods and Criteria
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphology of Samples
3.2. Catalytic Performance of Catalysts in Acetylene Hydrochlorination Reaction
3.3. Characteristics of Fresh and Used Samples
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Mole Ratio | D (nm) | SBET (m2 g−1) | Vtot (cm3 g−1) | |||
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Fresh | Used | Fresh | Used | Fresh | Used | ||
AC | - | 2.2 | 2.1 | 948 | 915 | 0.52 | 0.48 |
Mo2N/AC | - | 2.1 | 1.9 | 811 | 40 | 0.43 | 0.19 |
TiN/AC | - | 2.2 | 2.2 | 889 | 881 | 0.49 | 0.47 |
Mo1Ti1N/AC | Mo:Ti = 1:1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 649 | 30 | 0.36 | 0.19 |
Mo2Ti1N/AC | Mo:Ti = 2:1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 680 | 33 | 0.36 | 0.23 |
Mo3Ti1N/AC | Mo:Ti = 3:1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 772 | 32 | 0.42 | 0.20 |
Mo4Ti1N/AC | Mo:Ti = 4:1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 785 | 27 | 0.43 | 0.18 |
Samples | Peak Area of Desorption C2H2 | Peak Area of Desorption HCl |
---|---|---|
Mo2N/AC | 12.6 | 0.06 |
TiN/AC | 0.57 | 0.10 |
Mo1Ti1N/AC | 7.32 | 0.76 |
Mo2Ti1N/AC | 6.95 | 0.90 |
Mo3Ti1N/AC | 6.55 | 0.96 |
Mo4Ti1N/AC | 6.08 | 0.99 |
Samples | Binding Energy/eV (Area/%) | ||||||||
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Mo 3d | Ti 2p | N 1s | |||||||
Moδ+ (2 < δ < 4) | TiO2 | TiN | Ti-O-N | Pyridinic-N | Mo-N | Ti-N | Pyrrolic-N | ||
Mo2N/AC | 229.9 (61.1) | 233.1 (38.8) | - | - | - | 397.9 (27.4) | 398.5 (43.2) | 399.3 (29.4) | |
TiN/AC | - | - | 464.3 (29.0) | 460.5 (11.5) | 458.5 (59.5) | - | - | - | - |
Mo3Ti1N/AC | 229.9 (54.5) | 233.1 (45.4) | - | - | - | - | 398.6 (76.4) | 397.1 (23.6) | - |
Catalyst | Amount of Carbon Deposition (%) |
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Mo2N/AC | 6.63 |
TiN/AC | 1.88 |
Mo1Ti1N/AC | 10.9 |
Mo2Ti1N/AC | 9.3 |
Mo3Ti1N/AC | 9.2 |
Mo4Ti1N/AC | 11.8 |
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Dai, H.; Zhu, M.; Zhang, H.; Yu, F.; Wang, C.; Dai, B. Activated Carbon Supported Mo-Ti-N Binary Transition Metal Nitride as Catalyst for Acetylene Hydrochlorination. Catalysts 2017, 7, 200. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal7070200
Dai H, Zhu M, Zhang H, Yu F, Wang C, Dai B. Activated Carbon Supported Mo-Ti-N Binary Transition Metal Nitride as Catalyst for Acetylene Hydrochlorination. Catalysts. 2017; 7(7):200. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal7070200
Chicago/Turabian StyleDai, Hui, Mingyuan Zhu, Haiyang Zhang, Feng Yu, Chao Wang, and Bin Dai. 2017. "Activated Carbon Supported Mo-Ti-N Binary Transition Metal Nitride as Catalyst for Acetylene Hydrochlorination" Catalysts 7, no. 7: 200. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal7070200