Niobium as promoting agent for selective oxidation reactions

Literature reports a significant number of studies that describe the various niobium-based catalysts for many uses; selective oxidation reactions constitute a significant part of those works. This contribution makes a brief revision of literature that investigates the promoting effect of niobium on different catalytic formulations used for selective oxidation reactions rather than in the use of niobium as main component. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.