Characterization of vanadium and titanium oxide supported SBA-15

Supported vanadium and titanium oxide catalysts were prepared by adsorption and subsequent calcination of the vanadyl and titanyl acetylacetonate complexes, respectively, on mesoporous SBA-15 by the molecular designed dispersion (MDD) method. Liquid and gas phase depositions at different temperatures were carried out with vanadyl acetylacetonate, and the different results together with those of titanyl acetylacetonate in the liquid phase deposition were discussed. The bonding mechanism, the influence of the metal interaction with the support material, and differences due to the way of deposition and the temperature were investigated by TGA, chemical analysis, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy. Elevated dissolving temperatures in the liquid phase led to higher final loadings on the SBA-15 without the formation of clusters, even at high loadings. The decomposition of the anchored vanadium and titanium complexes, their thermal stability, and the conversion to the covalently bound VO(x) and TiO(x) species on SBA-15 were studied and investigated by in situ transmission IR spectroscopy. In general, the titanium complex is more reactive than the vanadium complex toward the surface of SBA-15 and has a higher thermal stability. The MDD method of the VO(acac)2 and TiO(acac)2 enables to create a dispersed surface of supported VO(x) and TiO(x), respectively. The structure configurations of VO(x) and TiO(x) oxide catalysts obtained at different metal loadings were studied by Raman spectroscopy. Pore size distributions, XRD, and N2 sorption confirmed the structural stability of these materials after grafting. VO(x)/SBA-15 and TiO(x)/SBA-15 samples, with different metal loadings, were also catalytically tested for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with ammonia.     

Raman spectroscopic study of vanadium oxide nanotubes

Raman-scattering measurements have been used to study the microstructure of vanadium oxide nanotubes (VO_x-NTs). The Raman spectra of VO_x-NTs reflect the various (group) vibrations of V-O type and lattice vibration of the layered structure as well as organic group vibration of the residual organic template. Moreover, it is confirmed that the residual organic template can be removed by irradiation of laser under the preservation of the tubular morphology, which provides the possibility for favoring the scaling-up of removing the residual organic template in the structure of VO_x-NTs.     

Infrared spectroscopic investigation of CO adsorption on SBA-15- and KIT-6-supported nickel phosphide hydrotreating catalysts

The infrared (IR) spectra of CO adsorbed on 10, 20, and 30 wt % nickel phosphide-containing reduced SBA-15 and KIT-6 mesoporous silica-supported catalysts have been studied at 300-473 K. On the catalysts containing a stoichiometric amount of phosphorus with 20 wt % loading, the most intense IR absorption band was observed at 2097-2099 cm(-1), which was assigned to CO terminally bonded to coordinatively unsaturated Ni(delta+) (0 < delta < 1) sites. The frequency of this band was 15 cm(-1), higher than that in the spectrum of a reduced Ni2P/SiO2 catalyst, indicating a modified Ni-P charge distribution. This band shifted to lower wavenumbers, and its intensity decreased, while the relative intensity of another band at 2191-2194 cm(-1) assigned to CO terminally bonded to P increased going to catalytically less active, excess-P-containing SBA-15-supported catalysts. CO also adsorbed as a bridged carbonyl (1910 cm(-1)) and as Ni(CO)4 (2050 cm(-1)) species, and the formation of surface carbonates was also identified. The nature of the surface acidity was studied by temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH3-TPD). Weak and strong acid sites were revealed, and the high excess-P-containing catalyst released the highest amount of ammonia, indicating that a high concentration of strong acidity can be disadvantageous for reaching high hydrotreating catalytic activity. The modified Ni-P charge distribution, the mode of CO adsorption on surface nickel phosphide sites, as well as the acidity can be directly connected to the catalytic activity of these mesoporous silica-supported catalysts.     

CO and NO adsorption on VO x /SBA-15 catalysts: an FT-IR spectroscopic study

The adsorption of CO and NO over VO _x -SBA-15 mesoporous materials with different vanadium content was investigated by FT-IR spectroscopy. Vanadium complexes were reduced in situ by hydrogen atmosphere at 450 °C for 3 h. Spectra of reduced samples show increasing in intensity of silanol groups, caused by dissociation of V–O(Si) bonds and formation of new H–O(Si) bonds. Reduction occurs with formation of water. The band corresponds to overtone of V=O stretching modes decreases in intensity because of oxygen withdrawing from V=O species. Presence of V⁴⁺ and V³⁺ species was observed. Inspection of CO adsorbed IR spectra evidenced existence at least two different type of V³⁺–CO complexes on the silica surface differing in both stretching frequencies and complex stabilities. We did not found principal difference between spectra of absorbed CO at ?196 °C on the samples with different concentration of vanadium, probably because of relative low degree of reduction. As well as heterogeneity of surface V³⁺ and V⁴⁺ species was evidenced by adsorption of NO. Both V³⁺ and V⁴⁺ ions possess two effective coordinative vacancies and as a result can adsorb two NO molecules forming dinitrosyls. A part of V³⁺ cations forms only mononitrosyls characterize by band at 1724 cm^?1. Results obtained after NO adsorption reveal existence of three different kinds of vanadium species. Probably two of them are isolated and associated vanadium sites. The third type of vanadium has different surrounding than other two types. It was demonstrated that NO is a better probe than CO for testing the oxidation and coordination state of reduced vanadium species.     

SBA-15负载金属[Co(Ⅱ),Zn(Ⅱ)]酞菁催化剂的制备及其催化氧化性能

以1,8-二氮杂双环[5,4,0]十一碳烯-7为催化剂,4,5-二丁氧基邻苯二甲腈为原料,用液相法合成了两种金属酞菁配合物——β-八(丁氧基)酞菁钴(1)和β-八(丁氧基)酞菁锌(2),其结构经UV-Vis和IR表征。采用浸渍法将1和2分别负载到有序介孔分子筛SBA-15上制得SBA-15负载金属酞菁催化剂SBA1-15和SBA2-15。以0.1 mol.L-1亚硫酸钠的氧化反应为探针反应,研究了常温常压、氧气气氛下,SBA1-15和SBA2-15的催化氧化活性,并考察了SBA1-15的用量对其催化活性的影响及重复利用性。结果表明,两种催化剂均具有良好的催化性能,在用量相同时,SBA1-15的催化氧化性能优于SBA2-15;SBA1-15的质量为溶液质量的0.16‰时,催化活性最佳,且可以重复使用。     

A DFT Study on the Selective Oxidation of Ethane Over Pure SBA-15 and SBA-15-supported Vanadium Oxide

The selective oxidation of ethane over pure SBA-15 and V/SBA-15 were theoretically studied by density functional theory. The cluster models of pure SBA-15 and V/SBA-15 were proposed. The structure properties of these two models were calculated and were found to be in good agreement with experimental values. The catalytic reaction pathways for the ethane oxidation to acetaldehyde and ethylene were determined. Our results show that the hydroxyl groups on pure SBA-15 can activate the gas-phase O₂ to form a peroxide species, which acts as the active site for the selective oxidation of ethane. The formation of ethylene is much more preferred than that of acetaldehyde over pure SBA-15. For V/SBA-15, the peroxide species also acts as the active center. The energy barrier of C–H bond activation over V/SBA-15 is by 14.63 kJ/mol lower than that over pure SBA-15. The formation of acetaldehyde is preferred than that of ethylene over V/SBA-15. On the basis of our results, the reaction mechanisms of ethane selective oxidation over pure SBA-15 and V/SBA-15 were systematically compared and discussed. The theoretical results in this study are in good agreement with our previous experimental results. They can reasonably explain the catalytic nature of pure SBA-15 and the effect of vanadium, opening new perspectives in the understanding of the chemistry of SBA-15.     

Mesoporous SBA-15-supported chiral catalysts: preparation,characterization and asymmetric catalysis

Two mesoporous silica-supported chiral Rh and Ru catalysts 5 and 6 with ordered two-dimensional hexagonal mesostructures were prepared by directly postgrafting organometallic complexes RhCl[(R)-MonoPhos(CH₂)₃Si(OMe)₃][(R,R)-DPEN] and RuCl₂[(R)-MonoPhos(CH₂)₃Si(OMe)₃][(R,R)-DPEN] (DPEN = 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine) on SBA-15. During the asymmetric hydrogenation of various aromatic ketones under 40 atm H₂, both catalysts exhibited high catalytic activities (more than 97% conversions) and moderate enantioselectivities (33–54% ee). Furthermore, the chiral Rh catalyst 5 could be easily recovered and used repetitively five times without significantly affecting its catalytic activity and enantioselectivity. A catalytic comparison of the mesoporous silica-supported chiral Rh catalyst 4 prepared by a postmodification method is also discussed.     

Structural characterization of vanadium oxide catalysts supported on nanostructured silica SBA-15 using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

The local structure of vanadium oxide supported on nanostructured SiO₂ (V_xO_y/SBA-15) was investigated by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Because the number of potential parameters in XAS data analysis often exceeds the number of "independent" parameters, evaluating the reliability and significance of a particular fitting procedure is mandatory. The number of independent parameters (Nyquist) may not be sufficient. Hence, in addition to the number of independent parameters, a novel approach to evaluate the significance of structural fitting parameters in XAS data analysis is introduced. Three samples with different V loadings (i.e. 2.7 wt %, 5.4 wt %, and 10.8 wt %) were employed. Thermal treatment in air at 623 K resulted in characteristic structural changes of the V oxide species. Independent of the V loading, the local structure around V centers in dehydrated V_xO_y/SBA-15 corresponded to an ordered arrangement of adjacent V₂O₇ units. Moreover, the V₂O₇ units were found to persist under selective oxidation reaction conditions.     

Redox tunable reversible molecular sieves: orthorhombic molybdenum vanadium oxide

We demonstrated that the sorption behavior of orthorhombic Mo-V oxide (Mo(29)V(11)O(112-x)) is continually and reversibly tunable by redox treatment.     

Physicochemical properties of Ti-grafted SBA-15

Partial oxidation of n-heptane to syngas at 400–450°C was investigated over Rh and Rh-Ni based catalysts. The Rh/-Al₂O₃ catalyst exhibited much better catalytic activity than the Rh-Ni/-Al₂O₃ catalyst. A combination of the Rh-based catalyst with the WGS reaction catalyst (Fe₃O₄—Cr₂O₃) increases the hydrogen selectivity but has no distinct effect on shifting the balance of the partial oxidation of n-heptane.This revised version was published online in December 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Static and dynamic sorption study of heavy metal ions on amino-functionalized SBA-15

Amino-functionalized SBA-15 mesoporous silica (SBA-15-NN) was synthesized using the normal grafting procedure of SBA-15 with [3-(2-Aminoethyl) aminopropyl] trimethoxysilane. Under optimal conditions, SBA-15-NN exhibited a higher adsorption capacity toward metal ions than SBA-15 in static adsorption. The results showed that the flow rate of 2?mL?min^?1 might be the optimum flow rate in dynamic adsorption, and the higher initial metal ion concentration is favorable for the adsorption of Zn(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) onto SBA-15-NN. The results indicated that SBA-15-NN could effectively remove multiple metal ions from aqueous solution as a good adsorption material.     

In-situ UV-Raman study on soot combustion over TiO_2 or ZrO_2-supported vanadium oxide catalysts

UV-Raman spectroscopy was used to study the molecular structures of TiO2 or ZrO2-supported vana-dium oxide catalysts.The real time reaction status of soot combustion over these catalysts was de-tected by in-situ UV-Raman spectroscopy.The results indicate that TiO2 undergoes a crystalline phase transformation from anatase to rutile phase with the increasing of reaction temperature.However,no obvious phase transformation process is observed for ZrO2 support.The structures of supported va-nadium oxides also depend on the V loading.The vanadium oxide species supported on TiO2 or ZrO2 attain monolayer saturation when V loading is equal to 4(4 is the number of V atoms per 100 support metal ions).Interestingly,this loading ratio(V4/TiO2 and V4/ZrO2) gave the best catalytic activities for soot combustion reaction on both supports(TiO2 and ZrO2).The formation of surface oxygen com-plexes(SOC) is verified by in-situ UV Raman spectroscopy and the SOC mainly exist as carboxyl groups during soot combustion.The presence of NO in the reaction gas stream can promote the pro-duction of SOC.     

FTIR spectroscopic study on the interaction between a fluoroionophore and metal ions.

A fluoroionophore sensor, N-[4-(1-pyrene)butyroyl]-L-tryptophan (PLT), has been reported. It can distinguish lead ion from other 12 metal ions via forming a pyrene dimer and it exhibits a very high sensitivity (0.15 microM) in aqueous solution (Chem. Commun., 2006, 2702). When the indole moiety in PLT was changed to benzene, in forming a new fluoroionophore of N-[4-(1-pyrene)butyroyl]-L-phenylalanine (PLP), it could not form a pyrene dimer in response to Pb(2+) in water. The present study describes the spectroscopic clarification of the intrinsic differences of the binding model between PLP and PLT in binding with Pb(2+). The model shows identical chelating bidentate coordination between COO(-) and Pb(2+) both in PLP-Pb and PLT-Pb; however, there is no indication of the interaction between the phenyl ring and the metal ion or the hydrogen bonding between amide groups in PLP-Pb. These differences in the binding model between PLP-Pb and PLT-Pb illustrate that the indole ring in PLT appears to play a crucial role in the high selectivity and sensitivity of PLT to lead(II) ion.     

In-situ UV-Raman study on soot combustion over TiO2 or ZrO2-supported vanadium oxide catalysts

UV-Raman spectroscopy was used to study the molecular structures of TiO₂ or ZrO₂-supported vanadium oxide catalysts. The real time reaction status of soot combustion over these catalysts was detected by in-situ UV-Raman spectroscopy. The results indicate that TiO₂ undergoes a crystalline phase transformation from anatase to rutile phase with the increasing of reaction temperature. However, no obvious phase transformation process is observed for ZrO₂ support. The structures of supported vanadium oxides also depend on the V loading. The vanadium oxide species supported on TiO₂ or ZrO₂ attain monolayer saturation when V loading is equal to 4 (4 is the number of V atoms per 100 support metal ions). Interestingly, this loading ratio (V₄/TiO₂ and V₄/ZrO₂) gave the best catalytic activities for soot combustion reaction on both supports (TiO₂ and ZrO₂). The formation of surface oxygen complexes (SOC) is verified by in-situ UV Raman spectroscopy and the SOC mainly exist as carboxyl groups during soot combustion. The presence of NO in the reaction gas stream can promote the production of SOC.     

Infrared spectroscopic study of the interaction between furan and a vanadium oxide catalyst

The results of the infrared spectroscopic study of the interaction between furan and a vanadium oxide catalyst permit to suppose that the intermediates in furan oxidation are surface succinyl oxide and maleates.

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Preparation and application of SBA-15-supported palladium catalyst for Heck reaction in supercritical carbon dioxide

A new method for the preparation of SBA-15-supported palladium catalyst for Heck reaction in supercritical carbon dioxide was presented.The newly formed SBA-15-supported palladium catalyst（Ph-SBA-15-PPh₃-Pd） exhibited high catalytic activity for the Heck reaction of 4-nitrobromobenzene with methyl acrylate.The catalyst can be reused several times without a loss of activity.     

SBA-15负载有机金属钛(Ⅳ)催化剂合成纳米聚乙烯纤维

通过介孔分子筛SBA-15负载半夹心结构有机金属钛(Ⅳ)催化剂在一定的反应温度(20～80 ℃)和1 013 kPa乙烯压力下合成了纳米聚乙烯纤维。讨论并比较了负载剂和聚合条件对催化活性、聚合物分子量及聚合物形态的影响。相对于均相催化剂而言，催化活性有所降低，但聚合物分子量明显增大，达到10⁶数量级。在相同压力下，从低温到高温，聚乙烯形态也从细小纤维束逐渐变粗，更高温度熔成片状，80 ℃以上纤维状形态消失。这些表明，通过外部条件的选择可以得到合适的聚乙烯纤维。     

Nitrosyl complexes on Co–ZSM-5: an FTIR spectroscopic study

Adsorption of NO on Co–ZSM-5 results in formation of three kinds of Co³⁺–NO species (1970, 1957 and 1940 cm⁻¹) and Co²⁺(NO)₂ dinitrosyls (1894 and 1811 cm⁻¹). All these species disappear after evacuation at elevated temperatures. However, a very short evacuation of the sample with preadsorbed NO at 673 K, followed by quenching to room temperature, results in appearance of a band at 1857 cm⁻¹. This band is assigned to Co²⁺–NO linear species produced after partial destruction of the dinitrosyls. The reasons for the different pathways of the dinitrosyl decomposition are discussed.     

Initial stages of SBA-15 synthesis: an overview

This work presents an overview of the data obtained for SBA-15 synthesis under the reaction conditions using synchrotron based small angle X-ray scattering and small angle neutron scattering. Three major stages in the synthesis of SBA-15 materials proceeding according to the cooperative self-assembly mechanism have been identified, and the structures of the intermediates species have been established. Our in situ time-resolved neutron scattering experiments demonstrate that only spherical micelles of the templating agent are present in the synthesis mixture during the first stage of the reaction. According to the neutron scattering and X-ray scattering data, in the second stage of the reaction the formation of hybrid organic-inorganic micelles is accompanied with the transformation from spherical to cylindrical micelles, which takes place before the precipitation of the ordered SBA-15 phase. During the third stage, these micelles aggregate into a two-dimensional hexagonal structure, confirming that the precipitation takes place as the result of self-assembly of the hybrid cylindrical micelles. As the synthesis proceeds, the voids between the cylinders are filled with the silicate species which undergo condensation reactions resulting in cross-linking and covalent bonding, leading to the formation of highly ordered SBA-15 mesostructure. This work demonstrates that valuable structural information can be obtained from X-ray and neutron scattering characterisation of complex systems containing periodic phases with d-spacing values up to 30 nm, and that both techniques are powerful means for in situ monitoring of the formation of nanostructured materials.