Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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63348 | Journal of Catalysis | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Electrocatalytic reaction was examined as an alternative method for the catalytic hydrogenation of cyclohexanone over Pd catalysts. The behavior of Pd/alumina catalyst and finely divided Pd catalyst in the electrocatalytic and catalytic hydrogenation of cyclohexanone in aqueous solution were investigated as a comparative study. The role of the pH of the solution was studied both in electrocatalytic and catalytic hydrogenation over Pd/alumina catalyst using acetic acid as a supporting electrolyte. High current yields were obtained for the electrocatalytic process, whereas, as expected from the literature, the catalytic hydrogenation was inefficient.
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Authors
Ciprian M. Cirtiu, Anne Brisach-Wittmeyer, Hugues Ménard,