Issue 6, 2016

Non-mercury catalytic acetylene hydrochlorination over activated carbon-supported Au catalysts promoted by CeO2

Abstract

Gold–cerium oxide catalysts were prepared to study the effects of cerium oxide additives on the catalytic performance of gold catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination, using activated carbon as the support. The optimal catalytic performance is achieved over the 1Au–5CeO2/AC catalyst with an acetylene conversion of 98.4% and a selectivity to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) of 99.9% after 20 h on stream under the conditions of 180 °C, C2H2 gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 852 h−1 and HCl/C2H2 feed volume ratio of 1.15. It is indicated that the addition of cerium oxide can make active Au species uniformly dispersed and improve the adsorption properties of reactants on the catalysts, but also suppress the reduction of active gold species and inhibit coke deposition on the catalyst surfaces during the reaction. Characterization was carried out using transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, N2 adsorption/desorption analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, temperature-programmed reduction, temperature-programmed desorption, powder X-ray diffraction, atomic absorption spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Graphical abstract: Non-mercury catalytic acetylene hydrochlorination over activated carbon-supported Au catalysts promoted by CeO2

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Jul 2015
Accepted
21 Oct 2015
First published
23 Oct 2015

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 1821-1828

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Non-mercury catalytic acetylene hydrochlorination over activated carbon-supported Au catalysts promoted by CeO2

G. Li, W. Li and J. Zhang, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 1821 DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01209K

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