Mesoporous Crystalline Niobium Oxide with a High Surface Area: A Solid Acid Catalyst for Alkyne Hydration

Rathnayake, Dinithi; Perera, Inosh; Shirazi-Amin, Alireza; Kerns, Peter; Dissanayake, Shanka; Suib, Steven L.

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c10757

Mesoporous Crystalline Niobium Oxide with a High Surface Area: A Solid Acid Catalyst for Alkyne Hydration

Journal Article · Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c10757· OSTI ID:1776504

Rathnayake, Dinithi ^[1]; Perera, Inosh ^[2]; Shirazi-Amin, Alireza ^[2]; Kerns, Peter ^[2]; Dissanayake, Shanka ^[2]; ^[2]

Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States); Univ of Connecticut
Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

A mesoporous crystalline niobium oxide with tunable pore sizes was synthesized via the sol–gel-based inverse micelle method. The material shows a surface area of 127 m²/g, which is the highest surface area reported so far for crystalline niobium oxide synthesized by soft template methods. The material also has a monomodal pore size distribution with an average pore diameter of 5.6 nm. A comprehensive characterization of niobium oxide was performed using powder X-ray diffraction, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV–vis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The material acts as an environmentally friendly, solid acid catalyst toward hydration of alkynes under with excellent catalytic activity (99% conversion, 99% selectivity, and 4.39 h^–1 TOF). Brønsted acid sites present in the catalyst were found to be responsible for the high catalytic activity. Lastly, the catalyst was reusable up to five cycles without a significant loss of the activity.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13622

OSTI ID:: 1776504

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1838012

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 42 Vol. 12; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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