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Effects of TiO2 Support and Cobalt Addition of Ni/TiO2 Catalyst in Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol

Kittithad Wonglekha1,#, Weerachon Tolek1,#, Okorn Mekasuwandumrong2, Wasu Chaitree2, Piyasan Praserthdam1, Kiat Moon Lee3, Joongjai Panpranot1,3,4,*

1 Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Silpakorn University, Nakorn Pathom, 73000, Thailand
3 Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technology and Built Environment, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia
4 Bio-Circular-Green-Economy Technology & Engineering Center, BCGeTEC, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

* Corresponding Author: Joongjai Panpranot. Email: email
# Equal contribution

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Catalysis toward the Production of Green Energy and Chemicals)

Journal of Renewable Materials 2022, 10(8), 2055-2072. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.019680

Abstract

An effect of phase compositions (rutile, Rut and anatase, Ant) of TiO2 supports on the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol was investigated. The 15%wt Ni/TiO2 catalysts were prepared by incipient impregnation method. The result showed that Ni supported on anatase-rutile mixed phase TiO2 (91% Rut and 9% Ant, A2) provided the highest furfuryl alcohol yield at 43.8% due to the relatively strong Ni-TiO2 interaction, its appropriate crystallite sizes, and high average pore sizes. Furthermore, the effect of cobalt as a promoter on Ni/ TiO2-A2 catalysts was studied. The result showed that the Ni-Co/TiO2-A2 catalysts exhibited poorer catalyst performances compared to the monometallic Ni/TiO2, probably because addition of cobalt can lower the reduction temperatures of Ni/TiO2 and weaken the metal-support interaction.

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Effects of TiO<sub>2</sub> Support and Cobalt Addition of Ni/TiO<sub>2</sub> Catalyst in Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol

Keywords

Ni catalyst; furfural hydrogenation; TiO2; furfuryl alcohol; cobalt

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APA Style
Wonglekha, K., Tolek, W., Mekasuwandumrong, O., Chaitree, W., Praserthdam, P. et al. (2022). Effects of TiO2 Support and Cobalt Addition of Ni/TiO2 Catalyst in Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol. Journal of Renewable Materials, 10(8), 2055–2072. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.019680
Vancouver Style
Wonglekha K, Tolek W, Mekasuwandumrong O, Chaitree W, Praserthdam P, Lee KM, et al. Effects of TiO2 Support and Cobalt Addition of Ni/TiO2 Catalyst in Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol. J Renew Mater. 2022;10(8):2055–2072. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.019680
IEEE Style
K. Wonglekha et al., “Effects of TiO2 Support and Cobalt Addition of Ni/TiO2 Catalyst in Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol,” J. Renew. Mater., vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 2055–2072, 2022. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.019680



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