Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 37-40.

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Assembling Forms of Active Phases Confined within SBA-15 Channels

LI Changli, ZHANG Qinghong*, WANG Ye, WAN Huilin*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
  • Received:2008-01-25 Online:2008-01-25 Published:2011-12-25

Abstract: The assembling forms of active phases in Pd/SBA-15(ad) and MoO3/SBA-15 catalyst samples, prepared via adsorption-reduction and impregnation-reduction, respectively, were characterized by N2 physisorption measurement. Based on N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, it was speculated that the palladium species in Pd/SBA-15(ad) exist as nanoparticles, whereas the MoO3 species in MoO3/SBA-15 are layered dispersed on the wall within the SBA-15 channels. These speculations were further confirmed by HR-TEM observation. The SBA-15 confined uniform Pd nanoparticles were efficient for solvent-free aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol.

Key words: palladium, molybdenum trioxide, active phase, assembling form, SBA-15 zeolite, adsorption-desorption isotherm, benzyl alcohol, oxidation