Catalytic properties of highly ordered crystalline nanoporous tungsten oxide in butanol dehydration.

Highly ordered mesoporous tungsten oxide (meso-WO3) was successfully synthesized using mesoporous silica KIT-6 as a hard template via the nanoreplication method. The physicochemical properties of meso-WO3 were characterized by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption-desorption, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia, and infra-red spectroscopy of adsorbed pyridine. No oxidation state other than WO3 was observed in the meso-WO3 sample.

Butanol Dehydration over V₂O₅-TiO₂/MCM-41 Catalysts Prepared via Liquid Phase Atomic Layer Deposition.

MCM-41 was used as a support and, by using atomic layer deposition (ALD) in the liquid phase, a catalyst was prepared by consecutively loading titanium oxide and vanadium oxide to the support. This research analyzes the effect of the loading amount of vanadium oxide on the acidic characteristics and catalytic performance in the dehydration of butanol. The physical and chemical characteristics of the TiO₂-V₂O₅/MCM-41 catalysts were analyzed using XRF, BET, NH₃-TPD, XRD, Py-IR, and XPS.