In this study, characterization of vanadia supported on Al-modified titania nanotubes (TiNTs) synthesized by the alkaline hydrothermal treatment of TiO2 powders has been reported. A promising catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane was prepared via the incipient wetness impregnation method. The morphology and crystalline structure of TiNTs were characterized by transmission elec...

A series of V205/TiO 2/SiO 2 catalysts were structurally investigated by in situ Raman spectroscopy and chemically probed by methanol oxidation in order to determine the molecular structure-reactivity relationships of the V205/TiO 2/SiO 2 catalysts. Only surface TiO,. species are present on the 3% TiO 2 /S iO 2 catalysts, and the surface TiO x species as well as bulk TiO 2 (anatase) particles c...

The oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane to propylene by supported vanadia catalysts has received much attention in recent years, but different reactivity trends have been reported for this catalytic reaction system. In the present investigation, the origin of these differing trends are investigated with synthesis of supported V/SiO2, V/TiO2, and V/Al2O3 catalysts prepared with three diff...

Titania supported vanadium oxide catalysts have been demonstrated to be very efficient catalysts for the selective reduction of NOx with NH3 and have found widespread industrial application for the control of NOx emissions from stationary sources (1). Characterization studies have demonstrated that supported vanadium oxide catalysts consist of a two-dimensional metal oxide overlayer on the oxid...

Niobia/alumina model catalysts were prepared by physical vapor deposition of Nb in an oxygen atmosphere onto thin alumina films. Structural characterization, performed with scanning tunneling microscopy and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy, revealed highly dispersed N2O5 nanoparticles exposing Nb=O groups. Thermal stability of the system was also examined. The results are compared wi...

Supported transition metal oxides and vanadium-containing multi-metallic oxides were investigated to develop new catalysts for the catalytic destruction of highly toxic polychlorinated aromatic pollutants such as polychlorinated benzenes, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and/or biphenyls (PCBs) from waste gases. The decomposition of 1,2-dichlorobenzene (Cl2Bz) w...

Porous silicon carbide (SiC) is of great potential as catalyst support in several industrially important reactions because of its unique thermophysical characteristics. Previously porous SiC was mostly obtained by a simple sol–gel or reactive replica technique which can only produce a material with low or medium surface area (< 50 m2 g(−1)). Here we report a new hybrid sol–gel approach to synth...

Small addition of potassium to V/Ti-oxide catalyst (K:V=0.19), consisting of 3.7 monolayer VOx , increased activity and selectivity in partial oxidation of toluene. In order to elucidate the nature of vanadia species formed on the surface of V/Ti-oxide upon potassium doping, the catalysts were studied by transient kinetics method. The transient product responses during toluene oxidation by the ...