Polyoxometalates Immobilized on Covalent Triazine Framework as Efficient Catalysts for Deep Oxidative Desulfurization

The immobilized polyoxometalates (POMs) with evenly dispersed catalytic sites, amphiphilic surface, and excellent recyclability are highly desired in many important reactions. Herein, PMo12@CTF has been successfully fabricated by the electrostatic assembly of H3PMo12O40 (PMo12) with porous cationic covalent triazine framework (CTF), where PMo12 are evenly dispersed on the support. The synthesized PMo12@CTF is highly active for oxidative desulfurization of diesel fuel and dibenzothiophene (DBT) can be completely converted in 2 h under mild conditions (40 degrees C) in a biphasic system. Impressively, the catalytic activity of heterogeneous PMo12@CTF (conversion: 100 %) is much higher than that of homogeneous PMo12 (conversion: 20 %). The control experiments and contact angle measurements reveal that the CTF endows PMo12@CTF with large surface area and amphiphilic feature and the catalyst can effectively contact with both oxidant H2O2 in extraction phase and DBT in oil phase. Moreover, PMo12@CTF is robust and its catalytic activity is basically maintained after ten cycles.

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In this study, immobilized and active PMo12@CTF material with amphiphilic surface and excellent recyclability was successfully synthesized. The PMo12@CTF exhibited high catalytic activity and stability in the oxidative desulfurization of diesel fuel.