Highly Efficient Catalyst for Methyl Formate Decomposition Through KOH Activation of Carbon Material Supports

• Published in: ChemistrySelect (Weinheim) 2024-08, Vol.9 (31), p.n/a
• Main Authors: Wang, Ran, Huang, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Xin, Shen, Wei, Xu, Liyuan, Yang, Wenxing, Pan, Pengbin, Yao, Yuangen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activated carbon; KOH re-activation; MF decomposition to CO and MeOH
• ISSN: 2365-6549; 2365-6549
• DOI: 10.1002/slct.202402806

In this research, we utilized potassium hydroxide (KOH) to re‐activate activated carbon and subsequently loaded zinc oxide to obtain a more efficient catalyst for the decomposition of methyl formate. The objective of KOH activation was to augment the catalytic activity of the original ZnO/AC catalyst. Various techniques were used to characterize the prepared catalyst samples, including BET, FT‐IR, SEM, XRD, XPS, and CO2‐TPD. We found that KOH re‐activation of AC can increase the carrier's specific surface area and alkaline sites, significantly improving the catalyst's performance. This study builds upon the prior work of our research group, aiming to develop a catalyst with enhanced performance for the decomposition of methyl formate. In this study, we utilized KOH to re‐activate the activated carbon, onto which we subsequently loaded ZnO. We found that this treatment effectively improved the catalytic performance of the catalyst. And a series of studies on structure‐activity relationship were carried out.