The invention discloses a supported
copper-based catalyst preparation method and applications of the supported
copper-based catalyst in synthesis of
ethylene glycol. The method comprises: taking a
silicon mesoporous
molecular sieve, carrying out a reaction with
sulfonic acid, carrying out a hydroxyl
condensation reaction with a
silane coupling agent, carrying out a graft copolymerization reactionon the obtained modified
silicon mesoporous
molecular sieve, an initiator and an
acrylic acid compound, adding the obtained
solid sample into an
ethanol /
aqueous solution mixed
solvent of a soluble
copper salt, carrying out a heating
reflux reaction, filtering the obtained product, repeatedly washing with deionized water,
drying, and
roasting to obtain the modified
silicon mesoporous
molecular sieve supported copper-based catalyst. According to the invention, with the preparation method, the
dispersity of the copper species in the final catalyst can be regulated, and the synergistic effect of monovalent copper and zero-valent copper can be improved, so that the high-dispersion supported nanometer copper catalyst is obtained; with the application of the catalyst in a reaction for synthesizing
ethylene glycol through hydrogenating
dimethyl oxalate, the conversion rate of
dimethyl oxalate is more than 99.4%, and the selectivity of
ethylene glycol is more than 96%; and the preparation process of the catalyst is simple, the cost is low, and the industrial application is easily achieved.