Research Article

High-Active Metallic-Activated Carbon Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation

Table 2

Metal loading, dispersion, particle diameter, XPS, initial reaction rate, and activity (TOF) results for the catalysts.

CatalystsMetal loading (%)D (%)d (nm)XPSr° (mol·gM−1·s−1)TOF (s−1)
M 3d5/2 BE (eV)Cl/M (at/at)

PdN/C0.39482.4335.20.07717.0
PdCl/C0.42621.9335.21.560.0508.6
RuCl/C0.41205.3282.12.960.05628.5
NiCl/C0.41425.2857.32.050.02638.9
Lindlar52.546.4337.20.00313.5