Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 736.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150681

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Catalytic Properties of Fast Pyrolysis Char Loaded with Cu-Zn on Alkali Lignin Pyrolysis for Monophenols

WANG Wenliang, GENG Jing, LI Lufei, CHANG Jianmin*()   

  1. College of Material Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2015-08-28 Online:2016-04-10 Published:2016-03-16
  • Contact: CHANG Jianmin E-mail:cjianmin168@126.com

Abstract:

The fast pyrolysis char(FPC), which was a kind of mesoporous and macroporous carbon materials, was loaded with different molar ratios of Cu and Zn using the co-impregnation method to prepare the catalysts of CuxZny/FPC. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscope(FE-SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDX). The catalytic properties on generating monophenols from alkali lignin pyrolysis were determined by thermogravimetric analyzer(TG) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry(Py-GC/MS). The results showed that the active components of CuO and ZnO were homogeneously embedded into the mesoporous and macroporous structure of FPC without the occurrence of aggregation or copper zinc alloy. With the metal loading increased, the diffraction peak intensity of CuO and ZnO was enhanced and average crystal sizes of CuO and ZnO became larger gradually. TG analysis showed that the catalysts significantly improved the reaction efficiency by reducing the activation energy while inhibited the formation of char residues. The monophenols obtained from the catalytic pyrolysis of alkali lignin were simplified from 23 kinds to 10 kinds. The catalyst of Cu0.67Zn0.33/FPC had the highest selectivity of monophenols up to 52.99%, and the selectivity increased by 49.7% compared with the catalyst of Cu/FPC.

Key words: Catalytic pyrolysis, Alkali lignin, Fast pyrolysis char, Monophenols, CuO, ZnO

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