Our paper reporting glycerol hydorgenolysis by Pt/WO3/Al2O3 catalysts was published in Chemistry Letters (CSJ).
「Effect of WO3 loading on the activity of Pt/WO3/Al2O3 catalysts in selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol」AIHARA, Kenji; Kobayashi, Hayatol; FENG, Shixiang; Miura, Hiroki; Shishido, Tetsuya
Chemistry Letters, 2017, 46, 1497-1500. DOI: 10.1246/cl.170601
The effect of WO3 loading on the activity of Pt/WO3/Al2O3 with loadings of 2-20 wt% WO3 in hydrogenolysis of glycerol was investigated. Pt/WO3/Al2O3 with 7 wt% WO3 loading (coverage of Al2O3 with WO3 monolayer: ca. 33 %) exhibited the highest conversion of glycerol and selectivity to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO). The W-(OH)-Al sites at the boundaries between tungsten oxide monolayer domain and alumina have an important role in selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,3-PDO.
