O-W-BRA-10 Deoxygenation of Octanoic Acid over Pd/SiO2 and PdAu/SiO2 Catalysts

Wednesday, June 5, 2013: 2:10 PM
Ballroom A (Galt House Hotel)
Keyi Sun1, H. Henry Lamb1 and Adira Wilson2, (1)North Carolina State University, USA, (2)Duke University, USA.
Catalytic deoxygenation of fatty acids facilitates the conversion of lipid biomass to hydrocarbons. Highly dispersed Pd/SiO2 catalysts deactivate rapidly and irreversibly in octanoic acid (OA) deoxygenation due to self-poisoning by strongly adsorbed OA.  Alloying Pd with Au reduces the deactivation rate, consistent with lower CO and OA adsorption energies.

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