The invention discloses a
nitrogen-
phosphorus-
boron-iron co-doped coconut shell
activated carbon carrier and a preparation method and application thereof, the method comprises the following steps: S1, crushing coconut shell
activated carbon, and carrying out Ar /
water vapor activation treatment to obtain pretreated
activated carbon; s2, after the
chitosan solution and the
urea solution are mixed,
phytic acid is added, the pH is adjusted to 5.5-6.0, stirring is conducted, and a
wetting agent is obtained; s3, adding a
wetting agent into the pretreated activated carbon, heating, stirring, filtering, washing, and
drying in vacuum to obtain pre-activated activated carbon containing
nitrogen and
phosphorus; and S4, dissolving
ammonium ferric citrate and
sodium citrate in deionized water, adding
ethylene glycol, stirring, then adding the pre-activated activated carbon containing
nitrogen and
phosphorus, heating, stirring again, then dropwise adding a
potassium borohydride mixed solution, and
roasting to obtain the nitrogen, phosphorus,
boron and iron co-doped coconut shell activated carbon carrier. After the nitrogen-phosphorus-
boron-iron co-doped coconut shell activated carbon carrier provided by the invention is loaded with the
metal catalyst, the common problems of low conversion rate and poor selectivity in nitro
hydrogenation reaction can be solved.