The Effect of Titania Structure on Ni/TiO2 Catalysts for p-Nitrophenol Hydrogenation1 1 Supported by the National Basic Research Program (No.2003CB615702) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20436030).

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Abstract

The catalytic hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol was investigated over Ni/TiO2 catalysts prepared by a liquid-phase chemical reduction method. The catalysts were characterized by inductively coupled plasma (ICP), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR). Results show that the titania structure has favorable influence on physio-chemical and catalytic properties of Ni/TiO2 catalysts. Compared to commercial Raney nickel, the catalytic activity of Ni/TiO2 catalyst is much superior, irrespective of the titania structure. The catalytic activity of anatase titania supported nickel catalyst Ni/TiO2(A) is higher than that of rutile titania supported nickel catalyst Ni/TiO2(R), possibly because the reduction of nickel oxide to metallic nickel for Ni/TiO2(A) is easier than that for Ni/TiO2(R) at similar reaction conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)665-669
Number of pages5
JournalChinese Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2006

Keywords

  • Ni/TiO catalyst
  • catalytic hydrogenation
  • p-aminophenol
  • p-nitrophenol

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