Nb2O5/SBA-15 catalyzed propanoic acid esterification

Abstract

A family of niobia (Nb2O5) functionalized SBA-15 solid catalysts have been prepared via wet impregnation with NbCl5 (2–32 wt% Nb) and subsequent thermal processing, for application in the acid catalyzed esterification of propanoic acid with methanol. Bulk and surface physicochemical characterization revealed that highly dispersed niobia species present at low loadings when calcined at 500 °C exhibit strong Brönsted acid character and associated activity for esterification. Increased calcination temperatures are found to result in a decrease in Brönsted:Lewis acid ratio associated with recrystallization of the niobia phase leading to a loss of catalyst activity. Esterification activity is found to be directly proportional to Brönsted:Lewis acid ratio, with the 2 wt% Nb/SBA-15 catalyst pre-calcined at 500 °C found to exhibit highest activity and excellent reusability without deactivation.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.066
Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000188
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)
Additional Information: © 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Funding: CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoalde Nível Superior), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico); Fundação Araucária; EPSRC (EP/K014706/1, EP/K014749/1 and EP/G007594/4); and the Royal Society for an Industry Fellowship.
Uncontrolled Keywords: acid solid,biodiesel,esterification,heterogeneous catalysis,niobium,SBA-15,Catalysis,Environmental Science(all),Process Chemistry and Technology
Publication ISSN: 1873-3883
Last Modified: 08 Jan 2024 08:18
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2017 11:35
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-05-15
Published Online Date: 2016-12-29
Accepted Date: 2016-12-28
Submitted Date: 2016-06-16
Authors: Silva, Ângela
Wilson, Karen (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4873-708X)
Lee, Adam F. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2153-1391)
dos Santos, Vannia Cristina
Cons Bacilla, Ana Carolina
Mantovani, Karen Mary
Nakagaki, Shirley

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