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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 109, Issue 7, Pages 2567-2572Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp046335a
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Nanosized sulfated zirconia with Bronsted acidic sites has been prepared by a simple calcination in the absence of any solvent. XRD patterns reveal that the sulfated zirconia mainly consists of tetragonal crystalline zirconia with average size of about 7 nm, which is further confirmed by TEM images. N-2 adsorption data show that the nanosized sulfated zirconia has high surface area (165-193 m(2)/g) and exhibits uniform pore distribution aggregated by zirconia nanoparticles. IR spectra of samples show that the sulfur species in the nanosized sulfated zirconia is a little different from that in conventional sulfated zirconia. Furthermore, IR spectra of adsorbed pyridine indicate that the nanosized sulfated zirconia contains relatively more Bronsted acidic sites than conventional sulfated zirconia. Catalytic tests show that the nanosized sulfated zirconia exhibits much higher activity than conventional sulfated zirconia in catalytic esterification of cyclohexanol with acetic acid.
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