Abstract:Nitrogen-doped carbon support (N-C) was synthesized using glucose as a carbon source and thiourea as a nitrogen source. The doped nitrogen atoms were then used as active sites to interact with palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs), resulting in Pd/N-C catalyst. This catalyst was then employed for the dehydrogenative coupling reaction of silane with alcohol. The catalyst was characterized using XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, ICP-OES, and GC-MS. The characterization results indicated that the Pd NPs were uniformly dispersed on the support with a particle size of (4.87±1.10) nm. The interaction between N in the N-C support and Pd NPs effectively dispersed and stabilized the Pd NPs. Compared to the Pd/C catalyst, the N-C support exhibited a significant promotional effect on the catalytic performance of the Pd catalyst. The Pd/N-C catalyst achieved a diphenylsilane conversion and diphenyldimethoxysilane selectivity of over 99% after 1 h for the dehydrogenative coupling reaction of diphenylsilane with methanol. Cycling experiments demonstrated that the catalyst retained a conversion rate of over 92% after six cycles, and the final product, diphenyldimethoxysilane, achieved a selectivity of over 99%. Experiments with different silane and alcohol substrates showed that the Pd/N-C catalyst exhibited excellent catalytic performance and substrate versatility.