A high-resolution electron microscopy investigation of TiO sub 2 (B)-supported vanadium oxide catalysts
- Lund Institute of Technology (Sweden)
TiO{sub 2}(B) crystals were found to be isomorphic with those of its precursor, K{sub 2}TI{sub 4}O{sub 9}. The former crystals had a large number of facetted voids, 3-30 nm, formed as a result of the removal of potassium and water in preceding hydrolysis and calcination steps, respectively. TiO{sub 2}(B)-supported vanadium oxide catalysts with loadings in the range 0.25-10 theoretical layers were prepared by impregnation of the support with an oxalic acid solution of NH{sub 4}VO{sub 3} followed by calcination in air. HREM micrographs of catalysts with a low vanadium loading, recorded using a low electron-dose imaging technique, showed that the surfaces, in the initial stage, were without any anomalous surface structure. This observation may be due to a similar structure of the support and the deposited vanadia phase. At high vanadium loadings, both amorphous and crystalline particles were seen, in agreement with the features revealed by the use of IR spectroscopy. For catalysts with low vanadium loadings, the IR difference spectra showed the presence of tetrahedrally coordinated V{sup 4+} and V{sub 5+} species. In a fully converged electron beam, reduction of the support and the vanadia phases occurred, resulting in the formation of small crystallites. The catalysts were used for the oxidation of toluene to benzaldehyde. However, contrary to what has been observed for the ammoxidation producing benzonitrile, no enhanced catalytic properties, in comparison with those of crystalline V{sub 2}O{sub 5}, were obtained using TiO{sub 2}(B) as support.
- OSTI ID:
- 5531437
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Catalysis; (USA), Vol. 126:1; ISSN 0021-9517
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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TOLUENE
OXIDATION
VANADIUM OXIDES
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
BENZALDEHYDE
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PYROLYSIS
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