Dataset for Rhodium on tungsten disulfide: catalyst design and optimization for styrene hydroformylation

These dataset contain all raw material from the manuscript Rhodium on tungsten disulfide: catalyst design and optimization for styrene hydroformylation (ver 2.0). Remainig files are in ver 1.0. Table 1. XRF results for catalysts supported on WS2 Fig. 2. XRD patterns of catalysts supported on WS2 with different Rh loading prepared by conventional wet impregnation at laboratory temperature Fig. 3. XRD patterns of catalysts supported on WS2 prepared at different impregnation temperatures (RT, 80 and 120 °C/reflux) and calcined at different temperatures (150, 300 and 450 °C) Fig. 4. XRD patterns of Rh supported on pre-calcined WS2 prepared at different impregnation temperatures (RT, 80 and 120 °C/reflux) and one catalyst calcined at 300 °C Fig. 5. SEM images of 2 wt% Rh/WS2 ((a) after impregnation and after calcination at (b) 150 °C, (c) 300 °C and at (d) 450 °C), of (e) 5 wt% Rh/WS2 and (f) 10 wt% Rh/WS2 after impregnation and of (g) pure pre-calcined WS2 and 2 wt% Rh/calc.WS2 ((h) after impregnation (at 120 °C/reflux) and (i) after calcination at 300 °C Fig. 6. TEM images of 2 wt% Rh/WS2: (a) after impregnation and after calcination (b) at 150 °C, (c) at 300 °C, (d) at 450 °C, and (e) Rh particles size distributions and TEM image of 10 wt% Rh/WS2Rh (f) and its particles size distributions (g) and TEM images of 2 wt% Rh/calcined WS2 (120 °C/reflux): (h) after impregnation and (i) after calcination at 300 °C and their Rh particles size distributions (j) Fig. 7. TEM/EDS elemental maps for Rh, W and S of 2 wt% Rh/WS2 calcined (a) at 150 °C, (b) at 300 °C (map of Rh, W and S) Fig. 8. XPS survey spectrum and high-resolution Rh 3d, W 4f and S 2p spectra of 2%Rh/WS2 Fig. 9. XPS high-resolution W 4f and S 2p spectra of (a) 2%Rh/WS2 calcined at 150 °C, (b) 2%Rh/WS2 calcined at 450 °C and (c) 2%Rh/c-WS2 Fig. 10. Raman spectra of pristine WS2, Rh/WS2 catalysts, and thermally treated samples in the characteristic WS2 spectral region. Fig. 12. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherm comparison for (a) Rh/WS2 with increasing Rh loading and (b) Rh/WS2 catalysts calcined at different reaction temperature and (c) Rh supported on pre-calcined WS2