%0 Journal Article
%T Solvent Effects on Preparation of Pd-Based Catalysts: Influence on Properties of Palladium and Its Catalytic Activity for Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation
%A Feifei Wang
%A Guifen Hao
%A Yuming Guo
%A Xiaoming Ma
%A Lin Yang
%J Open Journal of Metal
%P 59-68
%@ 2164-277X
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojmetal.2017.74005
%X <div style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	Solvent effects are important for the solution preparation of nanoscale metal
materials, in which the sizes and properties of the nanomaterials are greatly
influenced by the solvents. In this study, a series of Pd/XC-72 catalysts were
synthesized by a facile solvothermal method in solvents with different numbers
of hydroxyl groups, including ethanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerine. The
as-prepared catalysts Pd/XC-72(EA), Pd/XC-72(EG) and Pd/XC-72(GI) were
characterized by XRD, TEM, TGA, ICP-MS and multipoint nitrogen adsorption-desorption experiments. It was found that Pd/XC-72(GI) had the highest
metallic dispersion and the smallest particle size (4.9 nm). Furthermore, Pd/XC-72(GI) exhibited the best catalytic performance for solvent-free selective oxidation
of benzyl alcohol while the catalytic activities of Pd/XC-72 catalysts decreased
in the order: Pd/XC-72(GI) &gt; Pd/XC-72(EG) &gt; Pd/XC-72(EA).
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%K Palladium
%K Solvent Effects
%K Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=81089