Abstract:
Ce-MOF-808, Ce-UiO-66 and Ce-BTC were synthesized by hydrothermal method. Then derivatives CeO
2 corresponding to Ce-MOFs was prepared by pyrolysis at different temperatures. Finnally CeO
2 was used as catalyst for synthesis of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) from CO
2 and methanol. The samples were characterized by XRD, N
2 isothermal adsorption and desorption, SEM, NH
3-temperature programmed desorption (TPD), CO
2-TPD and XPS. All the Ce-MOFs derivatives CeO
2 catalysts which pyrolysis at 450℃ exhibited the highest relative oxygen vacancy concentration as well as catalytic activity. Among them, CeO
2-BTC-450 showed the best catalytic activity with a DMC space-time yield of 1.77 mmol·g
−1·h
−1. In this study, a strategy to prepare CeO
2-based catalysts with high oxygen vacancy concentration by using Ce-MOFs as precursor was proposed.