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Platinum Island-on-Copper–Nickel Alloy Nanoparticle/Carbon Trimetallic Nanocatalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde

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Two series of catalysts, i.e., [Ni/C, Cu/C and CuNi/C] and [Pt–Ni/C, Pt–Cu/C and Pt–CuNi/C] were prepared by liquid phase chemical reduction and galvanic replacement, respectively. Pt/C was synthesized via an impregnation method. The nanostructures of these catalysts were tuned by being reduced in N2 + H2. Their nanostructures were characterized by TG, XPS, XRD, TEM, HRTEM and STEM–EDS elemental analysis techniques. The catalysts, which had unique nanostructures resulted from the loading of platinum islands on the transition metal related nanoparticles (i.e., Pt–Ni/C with Pt-on-Ni/Ni(OH)2, Pt–Cu/C-reduced with Pt-on-Cu/CuO, Pt–CuNi/C-reduced with Pt-on-CuNi alloy), exhibited much more excellent catalytic performance (conversion of cinnamaldehyde: 100.0%, selectivity to cinnamyl alcohol: 62.9%, 64.6% and 72.6%, respectively) than the catalysts with platinum–transition metal alloy structure (e.g. Pt–Ni/C-reduced with PtNi alloy) and transition metal/carbon for the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (80 °C, 5.0 MPa H2, 1 h). The Pt–CuNi/C-reduced catalyst also showed superior stability in cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation. The outstanding performance of Pt–Ni/C, Pt–Cu/C-reduced and Pt–CuNi/C-reduced catalysts for cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation was attributed to the synergistic effect and interaction of platinum and non-noble metal related nanoparticles.

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We thank the financial support of this research by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21763011), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 20192BCB23015), Youth Jinggang Scholars Program in Jiangxi Province ([2019]57). China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2018M642597), Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion (Grant No. J20-21-609), Research Foundation of the Education Bureau of Jiangxi Province of China (GJJ190429), Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province of China, Program of Qingjiang Excellent Young Talents, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (JXUSTQJBJ2019002), Program of Technology Innovation Talents of Ganzhou.

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    An Pei, Luna Ruan, Huan Fu, Li Zeng, Jun Liu, Min Li & Lihua Zhu

  2. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi, China

    Jianhua Liao

  3. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Bing Hui Chen

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Pei, A., Ruan, L., Liao, J. et al. Platinum Island-on-Copper–Nickel Alloy Nanoparticle/Carbon Trimetallic Nanocatalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde. Catal Lett 151, 559–572 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03295-9

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