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Dependence of n-butane activation on active site of vanadium phosphate catalysts


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Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin and Goh, Chee Keong and Hutchings, Graham John and Dummer, Nicholas F. and Bartley, Jonathan K. (2009) Dependence of n-butane activation on active site of vanadium phosphate catalysts. Catalysis Letters, 130 (3-4). pp. 327-334. ISSN 1011-372X; ESSN: 1572-879X

Abstract

The nature and the role of oxygen species and vanadium oxidation states on the activation of n-butane for selective oxidation to maleic anhydride were investigated. Bi–Fe doped and undoped vanadium phosphate catalysts were used a model catalyst. XRD revealed that Bi–Fe mixture dopants led to formation of αII-VOPO4 phase together with (VO)2P2O7 as a dominant phase when the materials were heated in n-butane/air to form the final catalysts. TPR analysis showed that the reduction behaviour of Bi–Fe doped catalysts was dominated by the reduction peak assigned to the reduction of V5+ species as compared to the undoped catalyst, which gave the reduction of V4+ as the major feature. An excess of the oxygen species (O2−) associated with V5+ in Bi–Fe doped catalysts improved the maleic anhydride selectivity but significantly lowering the rate of n-butane conversion. The reactive pairing of V4+-O− was shown to be the centre for n-butane activation. It is proposed that the availability and appearance of active oxygen species (O−) on the surface of vanadium phosphate catalyst is the rate determining step of the overall reaction.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-009-0003-2
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: Vanadium phosphate; n-butane oxidation; Vanadium; Oxygen species; Maleic anhydride; Activation
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2015 02:11
Last Modified: 25 Nov 2016 07:54
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13897
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