Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Embedded with Cu Nanoparticle Materials for Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Benzyl Methyl Carbonate from Benzyl Alcohol and Carbon Dioxide
Qiaoli Hu, Zhixia Zhang, Jingjie Zhang, Shiming Li, Huan Wang, Jiaxing Lu
Abstract
We prepared a series of ordered mesoporous carbons embedded with different contents of Cu nanoparticles (Cu/OMC-X) and applied them to electrocatalytic synthesis of benzyl methyl carbonate. The materials were characterized by many measurements, which showed that Cu/OMC-X materials maintain highly ordered mesoporous structures with high surface area and highly dispersed Cu nanoparticles. As expected, the materials exhibit good electrocatalytic performance. The optimal yield of benzyl methyl carbonate reaches 69.7% on Cu/OMC-3.
Topics & Concepts
Benzyl alcoholMesoporous materialNanoparticleMaterials scienceCarbonateCarbon dioxideCarbon fibersAlcoholYield (engineering)CatalysisInorganic chemistryChemical engineeringOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyChemistryComposite materialMetallurgyComposite numberEngineeringCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication