Heterogeneous iron containing carbon catalyst (Fe-N/C) for epoxidation with molecular oxygen
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Author(s)
Malko, Daniel
Guo, Yanjun
Jones, Pip
Britovsek, George
Kucernak, Anthony
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pyrolized transition metal and nitrogen containing carbon materials (M-N/C) have shown promising activities as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) in fuel cell cathodes. Similar materials have recently gained interest as heterogeneous catalysts. We report that ORR-active heterogeneous M-N/C materials can catalyze the chemical epoxidation of olefins with molecular oxygen and two equivalents of aldehyde at room temperature and ambient pressure. The observed yield and selectivity is higher than that for homogeneous analogues and the catalysts achieve TOF > 2700 h−1 and TON > 16,000. The ability to recycle the catalyst several times is also demonstrated.
Date Issued
2019-02
Date Acceptance
2019-01-03
Citation
Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 370, pp.357-363
ISSN
0021-9517
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
357
End Page
363
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Catalysis
Volume
370
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
n/a
EP/P024807/1
Subjects
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
0904 Chemical Engineering
Physical Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-01-22