Factors determining the selective exposure of (010) plane of V2O5 Catalysts supported on various TiO2

V₂O₅ supported on various TiO₂ including anatase, rutile and mixtures of both have been investigated with various physicochemical measurements such as BET, NH₃-TPD, NARP, XRD and so on, and the effect of the crystal phase of the TiO₂ support on the structure of the supported V₂O₅ was discussed. It has been found that the V=O species on the (010) plane of V₂O₅ on the TiO₂ supports with large BET surface area are selectively exposed to the surface, though different crystal phases of TiO₂ result in different characteristics of exposure of the (010) plane. Anatase gives the maximum exposure of the surface V=O species at significantly lower surface concentration of V₂O₅ than that for rutile. For the mixture of both, two maxima are obtained at the surface concentration of V₂O₅ corresponding to those for anatase and rutile respectively. The chemical activity of the TiO₂ surface also seems to have an effect on the exposure of the (010) plane. That is, the higher surface area and the stronger acidic property resulted in the higher exposure of the (010) plane. On leave from: Department of Applied Chemical Engineering, South-China University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P.R. China