A highly efficient rod-like-CeO2-supported palladium catalyst for the oxidative carbonylation of glycerol to glycerol carbonate

Ziyan Wang; Shuo Guo; Zhimiao Wang; Fang Li; Wei Xue; Yanji Wang

doi:10.1039/d1ra02187g

A highly efficient rod-like-CeO₂-supported palladium catalyst for the oxidative carbonylation of glycerol to glycerol carbonate

RSC Adv. 2021 May 10;11(28):17072-17079. doi: 10.1039/d1ra02187g. eCollection 2021 May 6.

Authors

Ziyan Wang¹, Shuo Guo², Zhimiao Wang^{1

2}, Fang Li^{1

2}, Wei Xue^{1

2}, Yanji Wang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Technology and High Efficient Energy Saving, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 China weixue@hebut.edu.cn wangzhimiao@hebut.edu.cn.
² Tianjin Key Laboratory of Chemical Process Safety Tianjin 300130 China.
³ Hebei Industrial Technology Research Institute of Green Chemical Industry Huanghua 061100 Hebei China.

Abstract

A rod-like-CeO₂-supported Pd catalyst (Pd/CeO₂-r) was prepared using two-step hydrothermal impregnation and used in the oxidative carbonylation of glycerol to produce glycerol carbonate. The characterization results showed that the Pd was highly dispersed on the surface of the CeO₂-r, and metallic Pd was the main species in the catalyst. The Pd/CeO₂-r exhibited good catalytic performance for the oxidative carbonylation of glycerol. Under optimized reaction conditions, the glycerol conversion and glycerol carbonate selectivity were 93% and 98%, respectively, and turnover frequency was 1240 h^-1. However, because of the leaching of Pd and the growth of Pd particles, the catalyst was gradually deactivated throughout reuse.