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In accordance with the need for green production, the aim of current research is to synthesize a highly recyclable mesoporous SO3H-GO@TiO2 catalyst possessing both Brönsted and Lewis acid sites for one-pot catalyzing the esterification of inexpensive acidic feedstocks namely palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), containing free fatty acids (FFAs, >85 wt%) and a considerable amount of water (3 wt%). The mesoporous sulfonated GO@TiO2 catalyst was synthesized using a two-step hydrothermal microwave-assisted method featured by uniform dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles inside the mesopore framework of GO and post-sulfonation treatment. The effect of different GO:Ti ratios (1:0.1, 1:0.3, 1:0.5, and 1:1) on textural properties were examined and therefore, the ratio of 1:1 was selected as the optimum ratio for further experiments. The mesoporous SO3H-GO@TiO2 catalyst was characterized using Raman spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), X-Ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and the results revealed that the as-developed catalyst possessed desirable textural properties as well as strong acidity with a combination of both Brönsted and Lewis acid sites. Furthermore, the crystalline structure of the as-prepared mesoporous GO@TiO2 material remains unaltered after the post-sulfonation treatment. In addition, the synthesized mesoporous SO3H-GO@TiO2 catalyst showed high stability for ten consecutive esterification reactions without additional treatments.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering |
DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114165 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Keywords: | Mesoporous catalyst; Catalyst support; Graphene oxide (GO); Surface functionalization; Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD); Esterification |
Depositing User: | Ms. Nur Faseha Mohd Kadim |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2023 03:17 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2023 03:17 |
Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114165 |
URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94193 |
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