阅读说明：本技术 碳纳米管内嵌金属粒子催化剂在衣康酸选择性合成甲基丁二酸反应中的应用 (Application of carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst in reaction for selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid ) 是由 卢春山 聂娟娟 刘强强 李小年 丰枫 于 2019-08-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种碳纳米管内嵌金属粒子催化剂在衣康酸选择性合成甲基丁二酸反应中的应用,其特征在于：所述的催化剂由碳纳米管、氮掺杂的碳量子点和金属纳米粒子组成,所述的碳纳米管为开孔的单壁或多壁碳管,碳纳米管外壁负载有氮掺杂的碳量子点,碳纳米管内壁镶嵌有金属纳米粒子；所述金属为钯、铂、金、钌、铱、镍、钴中的一种；所述氮掺杂的碳量子点尺寸不大于10nm,氮含量在0.1-8.0wt％；所述碳纳米管内嵌金属粒子催化剂中,氮掺杂的碳量子点负载量为0.5-8.0wt％,金属的负载量为0.1-10.0wt％。本发明所述催化剂应用于衣康酸选择性合成甲基丁二酸反应中时,在碳量子点、内嵌金属粒子以及碳纳米管的限域效应协同作用下,实现了高反应速率、高转化率、高选择性和高稳定性,催化效率高,催化剂寿命长。(The invention discloses an application of a carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst in a reaction for selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: the catalyst consists of a carbon nano tube, nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots and metal nano particles, wherein the carbon nano tube is a single-walled or multi-walled carbon tube with an opening, the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots are loaded on the outer wall of the carbon nano tube, and the metal nano particles are embedded in the inner wall of the carbon nano tube; the metal is one of palladium, platinum, gold, ruthenium, iridium, nickel and cobalt; the size of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot is not more than 10nm, and the nitrogen content is 0.1-8.0 wt%; in the catalyst with metal particles embedded in the carbon nano tube, the loading capacity of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots is 0.5-8.0 wt%, and the loading capacity of metal is 0.1-10.0 wt%. When the catalyst is applied to the reaction of selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid, high reaction rate, high conversion rate, high selectivity, high stability, high catalytic efficiency and long service life of the catalyst are realized under the synergistic effect of the carbon quantum dots, the embedded metal particles and the confinement effect of the carbon nano tubes.)

1. An application of a catalyst with metal particles embedded in carbon nano tubes in a reaction of selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid is characterized in that: the catalyst consists of a carbon nano tube, nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots and metal nano particles, wherein the carbon nano tube is a single-walled or multi-walled carbon tube with an opening, the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots are loaded on the outer wall of the carbon nano tube, and the metal nano particles are embedded in the inner wall of the carbon nano tube; the metal is one of palladium, platinum, gold, ruthenium, iridium, nickel and cobalt; the size of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot is not more than 10nm, and the nitrogen content is 0.1-8.0 wt%; in the catalyst with metal particles embedded in the carbon nano tube, the loading capacity of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots is 0.5-8.0 wt%, and the loading capacity of metal is 0.1-10.0 wt%.

2. The use of claim 1, wherein: the size of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots is 2.0-5.0 nm.

3. The use of claim 1, wherein: the carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst is prepared by the following method:

1) placing the carbon nano tube in concentrated nitric acid, heating and refluxing, cooling to room temperature after the heating and refluxing treatment, washing with water until filtrate is neutral, and drying to obtain the carbon nano tube subjected to acid treatment;

2) preparing a nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot solution and the carbon nano tube subjected to acid treatment obtained in the step 1) into a dispersion liquid, fully stirring to enable the carbon quantum dots to be loaded on the outer wall of the carbon nano tube, and performing suction filtration and drying to obtain the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots;

3) preparing the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots obtained in the step 2) and deionized water into slurry, adding aqueous solution containing metal ions under the stirring state, forming complex anions by the metal ions and chloride ions in the aqueous solution, fully stirring, performing suction filtration, washing until the pH value of filtrate is neutral, and drying to obtain the carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst.

4. The use of claim 1, wherein: the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot is prepared by the following method: adding deionized water, citric acid and ethylenediamine into a crucible at a ratio of 1-15 mL: 0.5-5.0 g: 0.01-1.0mL, mechanically stirring until the mixture is uniformly mixed; then placing the solution in a microwave oven with the power of 300-1500W and the heating time of 0.5-10min to obtain a light yellow carbon quantum dot solution; then carrying out centrifugal treatment under the condition that the rotating speed is 20000r/min, transferring the supernatant into a two-layer dialysis bag with the molecular weight of 100-10000 Dalton for dialysis treatment, wherein the carbon dot solution between the two layers is the nitrogen-doped carbon dot solution, and finally concentrating under the condition of shading low temperature until the concentration is 0.5-25.0 mg/L.

5. The use of claim 4, wherein: the cut-off molecular weight of the dialysis bag is 2500-.

6. Use according to one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that: step 2) is carried out as follows: and feeding the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot solution and the carbon nano tube subjected to acid treatment according to the loading capacity of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots, stirring for 10-60min, and drying the filtered solid particles in a vacuum oven at the temperature of 50-100 ℃ for 2-15h to obtain the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots.

7. Use according to one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that: step 3) is carried out as follows: the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots obtained in the step 2) is mixed with water according to the feeding ratio of the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots to the water of 1g: 5-35ml of prepared slurry is added with corresponding aqueous solution containing metal ions according to the metal loading capacity at the temperature of 5-40 ℃ under the stirring state, the dropping speed of the aqueous solution containing metal ions is 1d/1-10s, after the dropping is finished, the stirring is continued for 2-6h, the filtration and the washing are carried out until the pH value is neutral, and the drying is carried out for 3-15h at the temperature of 50-100 ℃ to obtain the carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst.

8. Use according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the application method of the carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst comprises the following steps: putting itaconic acid, cyclohexane and a carbon nano tube embedded with a metal particle catalyst into a high-pressure reaction kettle, sealing the reaction kettle, replacing air in the reaction kettle with nitrogen, heating to 30-120 ℃, ensuring that the pressure of the nitrogen in the kettle is 1.0-5.0 MPa, starting stirring, starting the reaction, sampling and detecting in the period, stopping stirring and cooling to room temperature when the conversion rate of the itaconic acid reaches 100%, opening the kettle, taking out a reaction solution, and carrying out post-treatment to obtain the methylsuccinic acid.

9. The use of claim 8, wherein: the mass ratio of the itaconic acid to the catalyst with the metal particles embedded in the carbon nano tubes is 100: 1-10.

10. The use of claim 8, wherein: the mass volume ratio of the itaconic acid to the cyclohexane is 1g: 1-10 mL.

(I) technical field

The invention relates to application of a carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst in a reaction for selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid.

(II) technical background

Carbon nanotubes have structural defects, curved surfaces, unique lumen structures, and electrical conductivity properties, and are excellent catalytic materials. Based on the collision theory of chemical reaction, the reaction space in the tube is obviously reduced, and the unique interaction of reactants and products with the inner wall of the carbon nano tube can influence the progress of the chemical reaction. Santis et al have learned through theoretical calculations that when the chemical reaction is confined to a small pore size, the reaction kinetics change significantly and the reaction rate can jump by orders of magnitude. Lu et al calculated the mechanism of the limited-domain reaction in carbon nanotubes using DFT theory, found that after the reaction limited-domain was inside the carbon nanotubes, the barrier affecting the reaction progress was significantly reduced, and the reactivity of the reactants in the tubes was enhanced with the reduction of the tube diameter of the carbon nanotubes. Therefore, the catalyst with the carbon nano tubes embedded with the metal particles can be used for preparing ethanol by converting synthesis gas, performing Fischer-Tropsch reaction, performing benzene hydrogenation reaction and performing NH reaction₃The catalyst shows excellent catalytic performance in the decomposition reaction.

The preparation method of the prior metal catalyst loaded in the tube mainly comprises the following steps: in-situ filling methods, gas phase filling methods, and liquid phase filling methods. The in-situ filling method adopts the means of an electric arc method, a microwave method and the like to generate metal or compound in situ in the cavity channel and the shell layer of the carbon nano tube in the process of preparing the carbon nano tube. Generally, the in-situ filling method can fill a plurality of metals with higher melting points and higher surface tension, but the in-situ filling method has lower filling yield, and some metal carbides or metal particles are assembled into the carbon nanotube shell during the filling process. The gas phase filling method is a method of performing a high-temperature reaction in a gas phase. That is, the carbon nanotubes are mixed with the filler under a certain pressure and temperature, and the filler is vaporized by heating and introduced into the carbon nanotubes. The gas phase method has the advantages that only gas capable of reacting with the carbon nano tube is needed in the reaction, more reagents are not needed, the environment is not polluted, and other substances are not introduced into the system; the method has the disadvantages that the carbon nano tube has low opening rate, needs high temperature of 500-1000 ℃, is difficult to control proper reaction time and temperature, and is not easy to fill because amorphous carbon is accumulated in a tube cavity. The liquid phase filling method mixes and grinds the filler and the carbon nano tube to ensure that the filler and the carbon nano tube are fully contacted, then the temperature is raised to be higher than the melting point of the filler, and the melted filler enters the interior of the carbon nano tube under the capillary action. The filling of salts such as metal halides and oxides is usually carried out by melting the filling.

However, the existing preparation method of the metal particles embedded in the carbon nano tube has the defects of complex process, difficult regulation and control of the deposition process in the metal particles, low proportion in the metal particle tube, low metal utilization rate and the like, and also has the problems of low activity, low selectivity and the like in the reaction of selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid.

Disclosure of the invention

The invention aims to provide application of a carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst with carbon quantum dots loaded outside a tube and metal particles embedded inside the tube in a reaction of selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid, and the catalyst realizes high reaction rate, high conversion rate, high selectivity and high stability, high catalytic efficiency and long service life of the catalyst under the synergistic effect of the confinement effect of the carbon quantum dots, the embedded metal particles and the carbon nano tube.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the invention provides an application of a catalyst with metal particles embedded in carbon nano tubes in a reaction of selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid, wherein the catalyst consists of carbon nano tubes, nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots and metal nano particles, the carbon nano tubes are single-walled or multi-walled carbon tubes with open pores, the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots are loaded on the outer walls of the carbon nano tubes, and the metal nano particles are embedded in the inner walls of the carbon nano tubes; the metal is one of palladium, platinum, gold, ruthenium, iridium, nickel and cobalt; the size of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot is not more than 10nm, and the nitrogen content is 0.1-8.0 wt%; in the catalyst with metal particles embedded in the carbon nano tube, the loading capacity of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (the mass ratio of the carbon quantum dots to the carbon nano tube) is 0.5-8.0 wt%, and the loading capacity of metal is 0.1-10.0 wt%.

Preferably, in the carbon nanotube embedded metal particle catalyst, the loading amount of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots is 0.5-5.0 wt%. Preferably, the loading of metal in the catalyst is 0.5 to 5.0 wt%.

Preferably, the size of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots is 2.0-5.0 nm.

Preferably, the carbon nanotube embedded metal particle catalyst can be prepared by the following method:

1) placing the carbon nano tube in concentrated nitric acid (65-68 wt%) for heating reflux treatment, cooling to room temperature after the reflux treatment is finished, washing with water until the filtrate is neutral, and drying to obtain the carbon nano tube subjected to acid treatment; because the freshly prepared carbon nano tube is a tube which grows out on metal particles and is usually closed, in order to utilize the space in the tube and remove the metal particles of the long carbon tube, concentrated nitric acid is adopted for pretreatment;

2) preparing a nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot solution and the carbon nano tube subjected to acid treatment obtained in the step 1) into a dispersion liquid, fully stirring to enable the carbon quantum dots to be loaded on the outer wall of the carbon nano tube, and performing suction filtration and drying to obtain the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots;

3) preparing the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots obtained in the step 2) and deionized water into slurry, adding aqueous solution containing metal ions under the stirring state, forming complex anions by the metal ions and chloride ions in the aqueous solution, fully stirring, performing suction filtration, washing until the pH value of filtrate is neutral, and drying to obtain the carbon nano tube embedded metal particle catalyst.

According to the preparation method, the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots and the carbon nano tubes are adsorbed on the outer walls of the carbon nano tubes through pi-pi conjugation so as to be converted into excellent electron-donating centers, and then metal complex ions with negative charges are induced to spontaneously enter the tubes and deposit on the inner walls by utilizing the electron-donating characteristics of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots, wherein the electrical enrichment property of nitrogen atoms is favorable for the metal ions to enter the tubes and be loaded on the inner walls of the tubes, so that the small-particle-size and uniform distribution of metal active components in the carbon nano tubes is realized.

In the step 1), the nitric acid treatment is a conventional treatment method for opening the carbon tube and removing residual metal. Preferably, in the acid treatment process of the carbon nano tube in the step 1), the ratio of the carbon nano tube to the nitric acid is 1-10 g: 20-100ml, the treatment temperature is 45-95 ℃, and the condensation reflux is carried out for 2-15 h. Preferably, the drying conditions are: drying at 50-100 deg.C for 1-10 hr. Preferably, the diameter distribution of the carbon nanotubes is 20-40nm, and the specific surface area is more than 150m²/g。

In the present invention, the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots can be prepared by referring to the prior art. Preferably, the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots are prepared by using citric acid and ethylenediamine as raw materials and utilizing esterification reaction or amidation reaction of carboxyl and amino under the assistance of microwaves to generate the nitrogen-doped carbon dots, and the electrical enrichment of heteroatoms is favorable for metal ions to enter the tube and be loaded on the inner wall of the tube. The microwave method is simple to operate and has high nitrogen doping content. The specific process is as follows: adding deionized water, citric acid and ethylenediamine into a crucible at a ratio of 1-15 mL: 0.5-5.0 g: 0.01-1.0mL, and mechanically stirring until the mixture is uniformly mixed; then placing the solution in a microwave oven with the power of 300-1500W and the heating time of 0.5-10min to obtain a light yellow carbon quantum dot solution; then, centrifugal treatment is carried out (organic matter particles which are not completely carbonized are removed) under the condition that the rotating speed is 20000r/min, supernatant is transferred into a two-layer dialysis bag with the molecular weight of 100-10000 Dalton for dialysis treatment, the carbon dot solution in the middle of the two layers is the carbon dot solution, and finally, the solution is concentrated to the concentration of 0.5-25.0mg/L under the condition of shading low temperature. As a further preference, the cut-off molecular weight size of the dialysis bag is 2500-.

Step 2) of the process is preferably carried out as follows: and feeding the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dot solution and the carbon nano tube subjected to acid treatment according to the loading capacity of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots, stirring for 10-60min, and drying the filtered solid particles in a vacuum oven at the temperature of 50-100 ℃ for 2-15h to obtain the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots.

Step 3) of the present invention is preferably carried out as follows: preparing the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots obtained in the step 2) into slurry according to the feeding ratio of the carbon nano tube loaded with the carbon dots to water of 1g: 5-35ml, adding the corresponding aqueous solution containing the metal ions according to the metal loading capacity at the temperature of 5-40 ℃ under the stirring state, wherein the dropping speed of the aqueous solution containing the metal ions is 1d/1-10s, continuously stirring for 2-6h after dropping, performing suction filtration, washing until the pH value is neutral, and drying for 3-15h at the temperature of 50-100 ℃ to obtain the catalyst.

Preferably, the application method of the catalyst comprises the following steps: putting itaconic acid, cyclohexane and a catalyst into a high-pressure reaction kettle, sealing the reaction kettle, replacing air in the reaction kettle (preferably for 10-15 times) with nitrogen, then heating to 30-120 ℃, ensuring the pressure of the nitrogen in the kettle to be 0.1-5.0 MPa, starting stirring, starting the reaction, sampling and detecting during the period, stopping stirring and cooling to room temperature when the conversion rate of the itaconic acid reaches 100%, opening the kettle, taking out a reaction solution, and carrying out post-treatment on the reaction solution to obtain the methylsuccinic acid.

Preferably, the mass ratio of the itaconic acid to the catalyst is 100: 1-10.

Further preferably, the feeding ratio of the itaconic acid to the cyclohexane is 1: 1-10 (mass/volume).

More preferably, after the reaction is completed, cyclohexane, methylsuccinic acid and cyclohexene, which is a dehydrogenation product of cyclohexane, are separated by distillation, and the recovered cyclohexane is used for the next reaction.

Compared with the prior art, the wood composite material has the beneficial effects that:

1) in the catalyst with embedded metal particles in the carbon nano tube, the catalyst structure is designed to load nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots outside the tube, the metal particles are embedded in the tube, and the catalyst generates specific catalytic characteristics due to the electron donating characteristics of the nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots, the carbon tube to the metal particles and the confinement effect of the carbon tube to reactant molecules. When the catalyst is applied to the reaction of selectively synthesizing methylsuccinic acid from itaconic acid, high reaction rate, high conversion rate, high selectivity and high stability are realized under the synergistic effect of the confinement effect of the carbon quantum dots, the embedded metal particles and the carbon nano tubes, the catalytic efficiency is high, and the service life of the catalyst is long.

2) In the preparation method of the catalyst, metal ions of anions are driven to the inner wall of the carbon tube through the electrostatic action by virtue of the electron-rich characteristic of the carbon quantum dots loaded on the outer wall of the carbon tube, so that the metal utilization rate is remarkably improved. The method is simple, convenient and easy to control, and has low cost.

(IV) description of the drawings

A and b in fig. 1 are electron micrographs of the catalysts prepared in comparative example 1 and example 1, respectively.

Fig. 2 is a graph showing the percentage of metal particles in carbon nanotubes in catalysts prepared in example 1, comparative example 1, and comparative example 4, where 1 is comparative example 1; 2 is comparative example 4; example 3 data from randomly selected 500 particles (TEM characterization) are obtained for example 1.

(V) detailed description of the preferred embodiments

The technical solution of the present invention is specifically described below with specific examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto: