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ZrO2 Supported on Graphitic Carbon Nitride Based on Metal–Nitrogen Interaction for Enhanced Catalytic Cycloaddition of CO2 to Cyclic Carbonates

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Cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides is a sustainable and promising route in both CO2 conversion and synthesis of cyclic carbonates. The development of efficient heterogeneous catalysts for this process is a very important research topic. Herein, a series of ZrO2/g-C3N4 materials were prepared using dicyandiamide and ZrOCl2·8H2O as raw materials through simple thermal condensation and wet impregnation methods. The synthesized materials have been analyzed by N2 adsorption–desorption, XRD, TG, FT-IR, UV–vis, XPS, and NH3-TPD techniques. The loading of ZrO2 improved the surface area of g-C3N4 support and the chemical states of Zr on g-C3N4 depended on the preparation temperature. As heterogeneous catalysts, ZrO2/g-C3N4 demonstrated good catalytic activity in cycloaddition of CO2 with propylene oxide, and the maximum yield of propylene carbonate was 68% under 140 °C. Additionally, the catalysts also exhibited good recyclability and substrate generality.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21878027), and the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (19KJA430003). J. Xu also thanks Dr. Jun-Jing Ding of the Shiyanjia Lab (www.shiyanjia.com) for his help in XPS characterization.

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    Na Liu, Feng Wu, Jie Xu & Bing Xue

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Liu, N., Wu, F., Xu, J. et al. ZrO2 Supported on Graphitic Carbon Nitride Based on Metal–Nitrogen Interaction for Enhanced Catalytic Cycloaddition of CO2 to Cyclic Carbonates. Catal Lett 153, 1483–1494 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04083-3

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