Assembly of heteropoly acid nanoparticles in SBA-15 and its performance as an acid catalyst

Shu Yuan Yu, Li Ping Wang, Bo Chen, Ying Ying Gu, Jing Li, Han Ming Ding, Yong Kui Shan

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3894-3898
Number of pages5
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume11
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jun 2005

Keywords

  • Dimerization
  • Heteropoly acids
  • Mesoporous silica
  • Nanostructures
  • Vacuum

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