The electrochemical oxidation of propylene offers a promising green process route for propylene oxide (PO) synthesis. However, due to complex by-products and low yields, its development has been hampered. Therefore, it is crucial to explore the reaction mechanism of propylene epoxidation to guide the targeted design of efficient catalysts. In this work, FeOx-supported nano-silver catalysts (Ag-Fe2O3) were designed to achieve the efficient utilization of noble metal Ag to use for the electro-catalytic epoxidation of propylene, and the Ag loading in Fe2O3 was regulated by a hydrothermal method combined with a co-precipitation method. When the loading of Ag in Fe2O3 is 1.82%, it effectively enhanced the efficiency of the propylene epoxidation reaction, with the Faraday efficiency of 26.2% for PO, and its performance was superior to that of Fe2O3 and other samples with different loadings. The bifunctional mechanism was clarified by in situ attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS), where propylene was adsorbed on the surface of Fe2O3 and the nano-Ag sites promoted the generation of reactive oxygen species such as *O and *OOH. This work elucidates synergistic catalytic effect between metal and support, provides new mechanistic insights for the electrochemical epoxidation of propylene, and offers possible theoretical guidance for the design of high-performance catalysts.
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