Pd/TiO2 doped faujasite photocatalysts for acetophenone transfer hydrogenation in a photocatalytic membrane reactor

[Display omitted] •FAU-TiO2 and Pd-FAU-TiO2 photocatalysts have been sinthesized and characterized.•Prepared photocatalysts were tested in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone.•Tests were conducted in batch and membrane reactor (PMR) under UV and visible light.•Pd addition efficiently extended...

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Published in:	Journal of catalysis Vol. 353; pp. 152 - 161
Main Authors:	Lavorato, Cristina, Argurio, Pietro, Mastropietro, Teresa F., Pirri, Giuseppe, Poerio, Teresa, Molinari, Raffaele
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Inc 01-09-2017
Subjects:	Doped titanium dioxide Ketone hydrogenation Photocatalysis Photocatalytic membrane reactors Sustainable chemistry Zeolite Photocatalytic membrane reactors Doped titanium dioxide Zeolite Ketone hydrogenation Sustainable chemistry Photocatalysis
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Summary:	[Display omitted] •FAU-TiO2 and Pd-FAU-TiO2 photocatalysts have been sinthesized and characterized.•Prepared photocatalysts were tested in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone.•Tests were conducted in batch and membrane reactor (PMR) under UV and visible light.•Pd addition efficiently extended the UV response of FAU-TiO2 towards visible light region.•Use of PMR permitted to extract ca. 25% of the product in the organic phase. Different titanium faujasite photocatalysts have been prepared and tested in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone to phenyl ethanol, an industrially relevant product. Water as solvent, formic acid as hydrogen and electron donor and UV and visible light irradiation, have been employed. The 10% loaded titanium faujasite prepared using propanol as solvent (TF10P) showed the best homogeneous dispersion of TiO2 particles on the zeolite surface, BET and pore volume values and photocatalytic performance. A further functionalization of the TF10P photocatalyst with Pd particles (Pd_TF10P), shifted the catalytic response in the visible range. The productivity, normalized by the light intensity, obtained by using the Pd_TF10P photocatalyst under visible light was a little lower than that obtained by using the TF10P under UV light (12.56mg gTiO2−1h−1 cm2W−1vs 19.11mg gTiO2−1h−1 cm2W−1) but the advantage could be the use of direct solar ligth as energy source. The photocatalytic membrane reactor had an extraction percentage of phenylethanol from the reactive phase to the organic phase of ca. 25%. The results also evidenced the possibility to use the visible light in this photocatalytic system in the photocatalytic reduction of acetophenone.
ISSN:	0021-9517 1090-2694
DOI:	10.1016/j.jcat.2017.07.015