This work focuses on the preparation and characterization of bimetal PtFe-containing ordered mesoporous carbon (PtFe-OMC) materials with different Pt/Fe ratios and their use as the catalysts in selective cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation. The carbon materials were synthesized by means of an easy one-pot organic-organic self-assembly strategy using H 2 PtCl 6 Á6H 2 O and Fe(NO 3 ) 3 Á9H 2 O as the metal precursors. All the samples were characterized by nitrogen adsorption-desorption, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, temperature programmed reduction, and transmission electron microscopy, and evaluated for catalytic cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation at various temperatures and H 2 pressures. The results showed that the Pt-Fe alloy nanoparticles were highly dispersed in the OMC matrix, and the presence of Fe resulted in charge-transfer, and thus, enhanced greatly the selective cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation of the Pt catalyst towards cinnamyl alcohol.
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