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Ni2P catalysts supported on different supports, such as SiO2 from different sources, Al2O3, TiO2 and ZrO2 were prepared for the hydrodeoxygenation of p-cresol (monocyclic phenol model in coal tar). The reaction was carried out on a fixed-bed reactor at a temperature of 330–390 °C under 2 MPa. The order of conversion of p-cresol was as follows: Ni2P/SiO2-2 > Ni2P/SiO2-3 > Ni2P/SiO2-1 > Ni2P/Al2O3 > Ni2P/ZrO2 > Ni2P/TiO2. Ni2P/SiO2-3 shown higher DDO path selectivity, resulting in the conversion of p-cresol of 93% and a selectivity of 72.6% for BTX products under the reaction temperature of 370 °C with LHSV of 0.5 h−1. This catalyst was also used for the hydrodeoxygenation of the crude phenolic mixture extracted from coal tar, which shown that the phenol deoxidation rate was 87.6% and the BTX product selectivity was 73.7% by GC–MS.
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi (2018ZDXM-GY-161 and 2018GY-087).
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Pan, L., He, Y., Niu, M. et al. Benzene–toluene–xylene (BTX) from p-cresol by hydrodeoxygenation over nickel phosphide catalysts with different supports. J Mater Sci 55, 1614–1626 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04037-y
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