Abstract
Keggin-type 12-tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) nanocrystals have been assembled inside the pores of mesoporous silica through a vacuum impregnation method by using largepore SBA-15 as a nanoreactor. The product was characterized by Brunauer-Emmet-Teller particle size distri bution (BET-PSD), NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), tranmsission electron microscopy (TEM), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and FT-IR of adsorbed pyridine. The experimental results illustrale that the TPA nanocrystals are excellent Brønsted acid catalytic materials at room temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3894-3898 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chemistry - A European Journal |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 20 Jun 2005 |
Keywords
- Dimerization
- Heteropoly acids
- Mesoporous silica
- Nanostructures
- Vacuum