Highly active catalysis of methanol oxidative carbonylation over nano Cu2O supported on micropore-rich mesoporous carbon

A micropore-rich mesoporous carbon (MMC) derived from ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) is fabricated as support to prepare a highly active nano Cu2O catalyst for methanol oxidation carbonylation. The well-dispersed ~3.3 nm Cu nanoparticles with ca. 90% purity of Cu2O are obtained. The space-time yield and turnover frequency of DMC are significantly enhanced to 34.2ggCu−1h−1 and 89.1 h−1, both of which are greater than that over the...