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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
卷 208, 期 1, 页码 238-246出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/jcat.2002.3562
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n-butane mild oxidation; maleic anhydride; vanadium phosphorus oxide; niobium doping
The interest of doping (VO)(2)P2O7 with Nb5+ ions has been studied for n-butane oxidation to maleic anhydride. Nb was solubilized as niobium (V) ethoxide into isobutanol and used as a reducing reagent to prepare the VOHPO4 . 0.5H(2)O precursor. Under n-butane fuel-lean oxidation conditions, the VNbPO precursor was activated at a temperature 20degreesC lower than for undoped VPO because of a modification of its morphology. Electron microscopy showed that the activated VNbPO catalyst is more disorganized than the activated VPO. It contains more defects and concentrates Nb at the surface. Nb acts as an n-type dopant for the p-type (VO)(2)P2O7 semiconductor, as observed in electrical conductivity measurements. P-31 NMR by spin-echo mapping and XPS spectroscopy provide evidence that the VNbPO catalyst is more oxidized, particularly at the surface. Doping with Nb creates defects, responsible for C-H n-butane activation, which have been observed to be associated with Lewis acid sites of low acidity. This is the reason for the enhancement of the n-butane conversion. Selectivity to maleic anhydride is not modified by Nb-doping while CO2/CO formation is increased due to the higher surface V5+/V4+ ratio. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
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