Preparation and Characterization of Sugar Based Catalyst on Various Supports

A novel structured carbon-based acid catalyst was prepared by depositing the carbon precursor onto glass, ceramic and aluminum supports via dip-coating method, followed by carbonization process for converting the d-glucose layer into black carbon char in an inert nitrogen environment at 400 °C. Then, the –SO 3 H group was introduced into the framework of the carbon char by multiple vapor phase sulfonation. Four different carbonization methods were carried out (dry pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization with or without pressurized) in the catalyst preparation while among the carbonization methods, the samples which prepared from dry pyrolysis without pressurized process showed the strong acidity due to highest adsorption of acid group in the catalyst surface although the catalyst attached onto the support was the least compared to other preparation methods. Among the catalysts, the sulfonated carbon-base catalyst that is attached on the ceramic support exhibited the highest aci-dity (1.327 mmol/g) followed by the catalyst deposited on the glass (0.917 mmol/g) and aluminum (0.321 mmol/g) supports. The porous structure of ceramic surface, allowed a better interaction between reactants and –SO 3 H site in the carbon. Through the FT-IR analysis, it was observed that the functional groups –COOH, –OH, and –SO 3 H were present in the active sites of the catalysts. The surface areas of  glass (Si–SC), ceramic (Ce–SC) and aluminum (Al–SC) catalysts were larger than 1 m 2 /g, whereas the pore size belongs to macroporous as the average pore size is more than 50 nm. It is also stable within the temperature of 400 °C as there was less than 10% weight loss revealed from the TGA analysis. Copyright © 2017 BCREC GROUP. All rights reserved Received: 20 th April 2016; Revised: 14 th October 2016; Accepted: 17 th October 2016 How to Cite: Janaun, J.A., Mey, T.J., Bono, A., Krishnaiah, D. (2017). Preparation and Characterization of Sugar Based Catalyst on Various Supports. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis , 12 (1): 41-48 (doi:10.9767/bcrec.12.1.478.41-48) Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.12.1.478.41-48

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