DOI: 10.1039/d5cy00027k ISSN: 2044-4753
The effect of support calcination on carbon supported palladium catalysts for solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation
Kai Wang, Samuel Pattisson, Mark Douthwaite, Matthew B. Conway, Richard J. Lewis, Shengdong Tan, Qian He, David J. Morgan, Stuart H. Taylor, Graham J. HutchingsThe pretreatment of carbon support in Pd catalysts has a marked effect on final performance in the solvent free oxidation of benzyl alcohol, due to the introduction of oxygen functionality and subsequent increased dispersion of active metal.