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Hierarchical ZrO2@N-doped carbon nano-networks anchored ultrafine Pd nanoparticles for highly efficient catalytic hydrogenation

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Carbon supported metal catalysts have received considerable interest due to their widespread applications in heterogeneous catalysis. However, the controllable synthesis of carbon support with defined morphology and composition still represents great challenging. Herein, we reported the synthesis of a well-defined hierarchically nanosized H-ZrO2/NC (nitrogen-doped carbon) network via an inheritable carbonization strategy. When immobilizing the palladium clusters into the support, the N-doped sites and oxygen vacancy of the carbon composite can effectively stabilize and activate Pd through strong metal-support interaction which was also confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Moreover, the hierarchically nanosized network can contribute to the exposure of active sites and facilitate the mass transfer during the catalytic process. As a result, benefiting from the hierarchical structure, composition and hydrolytic nature, Pd@H-ZrO2/NC exhibited excellent catalytic activity and stability towards the hydrogenation of furfural in mild reaction conditions, as well as good universality toward the hydrogenation of a series of unsaturated hydrocarbons.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21706199, 51861135313), Rapid Response Bilateral Collaborative Funding of the Sino-German Centre for Research Promotion (C-0046), Guangdong Province International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Projects (2020A0505100036), the National 111 project (B20002), the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT_15R52, PCSIRT), the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2015DFE52870), and The Young Top-notch Talent Cultivation Program of Hubei Province.

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  1. School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Chun Pu, Rui-Dong Li, Gang-Gang Chang, Min-Jie Chen, Yao Yao, Jun-Sheng Li & Xiao-Yu Yang

  2. School of Power Engineering, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, 430033, China

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  3. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China

    Lu Wu & Yue-Xing Zhang

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Pu, C., Li, RD., Chang, GG. et al. Hierarchical ZrO2@N-doped carbon nano-networks anchored ultrafine Pd nanoparticles for highly efficient catalytic hydrogenation. Sci. China Chem. 65, 1661–1669 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-022-1288-0

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