Investigation on production of dimethyl carbonate from propylene carbonate and methanol on calcium cerium-based catalysts

GUO Jiong; YANG Jinhai; SHI Yilin; ZHAO Ning; XIAO Fukui; JIANG Xindong

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(23)60394-9

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GUO Jiong, YANG Jinhai, SHI Yilin, ZHAO Ning, XIAO Fukui, JIANG Xindong. Investigation on production of dimethyl carbonate from propylene carbonate and methanol on calcium cerium-based catalysts[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2024, 52(4): 545-552. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(23)60394-9

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GUO Jiong, YANG Jinhai, SHI Yilin, ZHAO Ning, XIAO Fukui, JIANG Xindong. Investigation on production of dimethyl carbonate from propylene carbonate and methanol on calcium cerium-based catalysts[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2024, 52(4): 545-552. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(23)60394-9

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GUO Jiong, YANG Jinhai, SHI Yilin, ZHAO Ning, XIAO Fukui, JIANG Xindong. Investigation on production of dimethyl carbonate from propylene carbonate and methanol on calcium cerium-based catalysts[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2024, 52(4): 545-552. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(23)60394-9

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Investigation on production of dimethyl carbonate from propylene carbonate and methanol on calcium cerium-based catalysts

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(23)60394-9

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ZHAO Ning^{2
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Liaoning/Shenyang Key Laboratory of Functional Dye, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China

Funds: The project was supported by Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province (202203021221303), National Natural Science Foundation of China (22078201), Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1908202), Science and Technology Major Project of Shanxi Province (202005D121002), The Central Project Guide Local Science and Technology for Development (2020SW26).

Received Date: 2023-09-06
Accepted Date: 2023-10-18
Rev Recd Date: 2023-10-13

Available Online: 2023-11-10

Publish Date: 2024-04-03

Abstract

Abstract

Calcium cerium-based catalysts with different Ca:Ce molar ratio prepared by sol-gel method were characterized by XRD, N₂ adsorption-desorption, FT-IR, XPS and CO₂-TPD, and evaluated the activity for dimethyl carbonate (DMC) synthesis from propylene carbonate (PC) and methanol. The results indicated that more surface oxygen vacancies and more moderate basic sites are beneficial for methanol activation and thus leading to better catalytic activity. The PC conversion was 91.1% with DMC selectivity of 91.72% over 0.9CaCe under the reaction conditions-reaction time of 2 h, reaction temperature of 40 °C, methanol to propylene carbonate molar ratio of 15:1 and catalyst amount of 4% relative to the amount of PC.
- calcium-cerium based catalysts,
- dimethyl carbonate,
- transesterification,
- solid base

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