Acta Chimica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 78 ›› Issue (7): 625-633.DOI: 10.6023/A20030053 Previous Articles     Next Articles

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稀土材料在多相催化中的应用研究进展概述

郭金秋a, 杜亚平b, 张洪波a,b   

  1. a 南开大学材料科学与工程学院 国家新材料研究院 天津 300350;
    b 南开大学 天津市稀土材料与应用重点实验室 天津 300350
  • 投稿日期:2020-03-04 发布日期:2020-07-07
  • 通讯作者: 杜亚平, 张洪波 E-mail:ypdu@nankai.edu.cn;hbzhang@nankai.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:郭金秋,1997年出生.2019年本科毕业于江苏大学复合材料与工程专业,随后加入到南开大学张洪波研究员课题组攻读硕士学位,研究方向为催化乙醇生成高碳、高附加值的产物.
    杜亚平,理学博士,教授,博士生导师.现任天津市稀土材料与应用重点实验室主任,南开大学稀土与无机功能材料研究中心副主任.2004年在兰州大学获理学学士学位,2009年在北京大学获博士学位.近期的研究工作主要集中在新型稀土纳米结构的研究,承担和参加国家自然科学基金优青、面上项目和京津冀协同创新重点项目等研究课题.近5年以通讯作者或第一作者在Sci.Adv.、Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Adv.Mater.Chem.Soc.Rev.等刊物发表论文90余篇,获授权专利3项.曾获国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金,天津市领军人才,南开大学百名青年学科带头人等,并担任国际期刊RSC Adv.(RSC)副主编,科学通报Science Bulletin客座编辑(guest editor),中国化学快报Chinese Chemical Letters (Elsevier)青年编委,General Chemistry杂志编委等.
    张洪波,理学博士,博士生导师,南开大学材料科学与工程学院特聘研究员.2012年毕业于中国科学院大连化学物理研究所,曾先后在美国国家实验室、宾州州立大学以及伊利诺伊大学香槟分校从事博士后研究工作,于2018年加盟南开大学,担任课题组长.其研究致力于生物质平台小分子的高效转化,C1小分子定向转化,借助X射线吸收精细结构(XAFS)、固体核磁共振技术(ssNMR)和傅里叶变换红外吸收光谱仪(FTIR)等手段对催化剂微观结构进行表征,并利用化学反应动力学推测催化反应机理.
  • 基金资助:
    项目受中国“111项目”(No.B18030)、南开大学(No.023-92022018)、大连理工大学工业生态与环境工程教育部重点实验室开放基金(No.KLIEEE-19-07)以及天津市自然科学基金(No.BE122121)资助.

A Brief Summary of Research Progress on the Application of Rare Earth Materials in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Guo Jinqiua, Du Yapingb, Zhang Hongboa,b   

  1. a School of Materials Science and Engineering & National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350;
    b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials and Application, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350
  • Received:2020-03-04 Published:2020-07-07
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the “111 Project” of China (No. B18030), Nankai University (No. 023-92022018), Open Foundation of Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology (No. KLIEEE-19-07) and Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No. BE122121).

Rare earth (RE) resources are in big amount in China, which can be effectively purified based on the strategies developed by Prof. Guangxian Xu et al. last century, which sets up solid fundamentals for applied research on rare earth materials nowadays. Rare earth elements, including scandium, yttrium and lanthanides, feature stable overall chemical properties, variable valence states and coordination form as well as special Lewis acidity due to the unique electron configuration in the outermost and secondary outer orbitals of the lanthanide elements ([Xe] 4fn-15d0~16s2 (n=1~15)), especially on their 4f electron shell structure, having been extensively used in catalysis. However, the efficiency and selectivity to the desired products are always the major challenges due to the complexity of catalysis, in particular, the mechanism by which rare earth metals affect catalytic reactions through structural or electronic effects has not been clarified. Therefore, this mini-review summarizes the research progress on the application of rare earth materials in heterogeneous catalysis (specifically on thermal catalysis). Firstly, a brief summary of rare earth materials' structural properties is provided with emphasis on the unique distribution of the 4f electron. Afterward, the application of RE elements in thermal catalysis was discussed in detail. For example:(1) as a support to promote catalytic reaction, such as CeO2, which has variable chemical valence and can be used as an active support to participate in the redox reaction; (2) as moderate Lewis acid (base) center to catalyze the aldol condensation of acetaldehyde/ethanol mixture and effectively control the C-C bond coupling; (3) as electronic and structural promoters to improve catalytic activity and stability. Hence, the structure-function relationship is illustrated in accordance with the studies of the rare earth materials as the supports, Lewis acid (base) active center and catalytic promoters, suggesting great potential of rare earth materials in catalysis.

Key words: rare earth material, support, Lewis acid (base), catalytic promoters