Issue 58, 2018, Issue in Progress

Transition metal-promoted hierarchical ETS-10 solid base for glycerol transesterification

Abstract

A transesterification reaction has been carried out over a transition metal modified hierarchical ETS-10 (METS-10) catalyst to synthesize glycerol carbonate (GC) from glycerol. The inherent Lewis basicity of ETS-10 favors oriented conversion of glycerol, and the hierarchical structure benefits exposure of more active sites, shortens the molecular diffusion path, suppresses the formation of coke in the micropores, and then enhances the catalytic reactivity and stability. Furthermore, the influence of transition metals (Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Mn) on the basic sites of supports has been investigated in detail. It is found that basicity change of the catalyst depends on not only the cation size, nature and composition of the transition metal but also the zeolite structure and pore topology. Besides, the presence of a certain amount of Ni0 species from catalyst reduction has proved to play a critical role in strengthening the interaction of Lewis basic sites (TiO62−) with active glycerol hydroxyl groups. Finally, a 97.7% glycerol conversion and 97.1% GC yield have been obtained over Ni/METS-10, of which the high catalytic performance can be maintained after 8 runs.

Graphical abstract: Transition metal-promoted hierarchical ETS-10 solid base for glycerol transesterification

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Aug 2018
Accepted
22 Sep 2018
First published
01 Oct 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 33473-33486

Transition metal-promoted hierarchical ETS-10 solid base for glycerol transesterification

M. Xiang and D. Wu, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 33473 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA06811A

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