Abstract
Porous titania glass (PTG) has been loaded with vanadia by several different methods. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms and X-ray powder diffraction measurements indicate that impregnation methods produce oxovanadium species within the mesopores of the glass. The vanadia-PTG catalysts exhibit similar levels of selectivity and conversion for the oxidation of o-xylene to phthalic anhydride as conventional anatase or rutile supported catalysts, but at significantly lower temperatures. The activity for phthalic anhydride production increases with vanadium loading; the best performance of 50% selectivity to phthalic anhydride at 100% o-xylene conversion was achieved at 280-degrees-C with a catalyst containing 5.6% V (w/w).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 237-247 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Applied Catalysis A: General |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Aug 1991 |
Keywords
- catalyst characterization (adsorption, XRD)
- catalyst preparation (wet impregnantion)
- phthalic anhydride
- titania glass
- vanadia titania
- ortho-xylene oxidation
- phtalic-anhydride
- V2O5-TIO2 catalysts
- TIO2 catalysts
- oxide system
- active phase
- monolayer
- temperature
- pentoxide
- evolution
- kinetics