Silica Bifunctional Supports for the Direct Synthesis of H2O2: Optimization of Br/Acid Sites and Pd/Br Ratio

[EN] We have studied the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide using a catalytic system consisting of palladium supported on silica bifunctionalized with sulfonic acid groups and bromide in the absence of acid and halide promoters in solution. Catalysts with several bromide substituents were employe...

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Autores: Blanco Brieva, Gema, Desmedt, Frederique, Miquel, Pierre, Campos Martín, José Miguel, García Fierro, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/303025
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/303025
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Direct synthesis
Hydrogen peroxide
Silica bifunctional supports
Bromide
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Sumario:[EN] We have studied the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide using a catalytic system consisting of palladium supported on silica bifunctionalized with sulfonic acid groups and bromide in the absence of acid and halide promoters in solution. Catalysts with several bromide substituents were employed in the catalyst synthesis. The prepared samples were characterized by TXRF, XPS, and hydrogen peroxide decomposition. Catalysts characterization indicated the presence of only palladium (II) species in all of the samples, with similar values for surface and bulk of Pd/Br atomic ratio. The catalysts were tested via direct synthesis, and all samples were able to produce hydrogen peroxide at 313 K and 5.0 MPa. The hydrogen peroxide yield and selectivity changed with the Pd/Br ratio. A decrease in the Pd/Br ratio increases the final hydrogen peroxide concentration, and the selectivity for HO reaches a maximum at a Pd/Br ratio around 0.16 and then decreases. However, the maximum hydrogen peroxide concentration and selectivity occur at slightly different Pd/Br ratios, i.e., resp. 0.4 vs. 0.16.