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A Carbon Shell Covered Pd Catalyst for Hydrogenation of 4-Nitrothioanisole

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Catalytic hydrogenation of sulfur-containing substrates is an important and challenging reaction in the industry. In this work, carbon shell covered Pd catalysts were prepared by CVD process using acetylene as the precursor. During the process of CVD, the physical properties and the carbon content of the catalysts are closely related to the deposition temperature. The as-prepared C@Pd/TiO2 catalysts showed the higher conversion (nearly 100%) and stability for the hydrogenation of 4-nitrothioanisole than the Pd/TiO2 catalyst (45.5%). The excellent catalytic performance of C@Pd/TiO2 catalyst can be attributed to the appropriate amount of carbon shell covering the surface of the catalyst. Compared with Pd/TiO2 catalyst, the C@Pd/TiO2 catalysts has only a tiny amount of sulfur-containing substrates deposited on the catalysts surface after three recycles by XPS analysis, which illustrates the reason for sulfur-resistance of the carbon shell covered Pd-based catalyst.

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This work was partly supported by the Natural Science of Foundation China (Grant No. 21576140), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. Nankai University 63201039, 111 project B12015), MOE Innovation Team (IRT13R30 and IRT13022) of China, and Tianjin Normal University Innovation Plan (135202XC1601).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, People’s Republic of China

    Renjie Xiong, Ming Cheng, Ruifeng Wang, Liang Tao & Minghui Zhang

  2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Water Environment and Resources, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, People’s Republic of China

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Xiong, R., Cheng, M., Wang, R. et al. A Carbon Shell Covered Pd Catalyst for Hydrogenation of 4-Nitrothioanisole. Catal Lett 152, 3607–3616 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-03925-4

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