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Effect of Adding Transition Metals to Copper on the Dehydrogenation Reaction of Ethanol

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The present work aims to investigate the effect adding Ag, Co, Ni, Cd and Pt to copper on ethanol dehydrogenation. The catalysts synthesized by deposition–precipitation method were characterized using various physicochemical methods such as N2 adsorption–desorption, TPR, SEM–EDX, XRD, XPS and TGA–DSC-MS. Catalytic evaluation results revealed that the predominant product of the reaction was acetaldehyde. Monometallic copper or mixed with Cd, Ag or Co show good catalytic performances. Adding nickel to copper improves the process conversion but reduces acetaldehyde selectivity, giving rise to methane in produced hydrogen. Pt-Cu/SiO2 catalyst guides the reaction towards diethyl ether. Time on stream tests performed during 12 h at 260 °C, showed that adding Cd to Cu enhances its stability by over 30% of conversion, this is explained by the reduction of copper crystallites sintering, which makes Cd-Cu/SiO2 a promising catalyst for the production of acetaldehyde by ethanol dehydrogenation.

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Acknowledgment

This research was supported by Chevreul Institute (FR 2638), Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation, Région Hauts-de-France and FEDER. Mr. Mohamed Guenoun, Hamza Boukhlouf, Jérémy Faye (TEAMCAT Solution company), Olivier Gardoll, Salem Cheknoun and Mrs. Anna Katiuce Fellenberg, Asma Zitouni and Soraya Zaid are warmly acknowledged for their support and assistance.

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    Samira Amokrane, Adel Boualouache & Ghazi Otmanine

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Conceptualization: SA, AB and GO; Methodology: SA, DA and SH; Formal analysis and investigation: SA, AB and PS; Writing—original draft preparation: SA; Writing—review and editing: SA, AB, PS, MC and DA; Funding acquisition: SA; Resources: SA, MC and SH; Supervision & Validation: SA, MC and SH

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Amokrane, S., Boualouache, A., Simon, P. et al. Effect of Adding Transition Metals to Copper on the Dehydrogenation Reaction of Ethanol. Catal Lett 151, 2864–2883 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03517-0

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