The nickel-support interaction as determining factor of the selectivity to ethylene in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane over nickel oxide/alumina catalysts

[EN] Nickel oxides supported on gamma-alumina (Ni-loading from 5 to 30 wt% NiO) have been synthesized and tested in the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethane in order to determine the importance of the NiO-support interaction. The best performance was achieved by the catalyst with 15 wt% NiO; higher NiO-loadings lead to the formation of unselective bulk-like NiO and lower Ni-loadings present high proportion of free alumina surface sites. The presence of oxalic acid and/or niobium in the synthesis gel resulted in the formation of NiO particles with similar size, but higher crystallinity and reducibility than the standard 15 wt% NiO catalyst. The obtained results have revealed that, in ad…

Selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane on MoVTeNbO mixed metal oxide catalysts

Abstract MoVTeNbO catalysts, prepared by hydrothermal synthesis, are active and highly selective in the ODH of ethane, especially those with a MoVTeNb molar ratio of 1–0.15–0.16–0.17 and heat-treated at 600–650 °C. On the best catalyst, selectivities higher than 80% at ethane conversion levels higher than 80% have been obtained operating at relatively low reaction temperatures (340–400 °C). Thus, yields of ethylene of ca. 75% have been obtained, which exceeds the best yield reported in the literature. Te 2 M 20 O 57 ( M =Mo, V, Nb) and (V,Nb)-substituted θ -Mo 5 O 14 , in addition to small amounts of the Te 0.33 M O 3.33 ( M =Mo, V, Nb) phase, can be proposed in the most selective cataly…

Corrigendum to “Selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane on MoVTeNbO mixed metal oxides catalysts” [J. Catal. 225 (2) (2004) 428–438]

Mo-containing tetragonal tungsten bronzes. The influence of tellurium on catalytic behaviour in selective oxidation of propene

Abstract Te-free and Te-containing multicomponent Mo-based catalysts presenting tetragonal tungsten bronze (TTB) structure have been prepared, characterized and tested for the selective oxidation of propene. The catalysts were prepared hydrothermally and heat treated at 700 °C. The structural characterization performed by means of XRD, FTIR, SAED and HRTEM confirms the incorporation of tellurium to the TTB structural framework and shows that its presence does not modify in essence the crystalline structure. However, the incorporation of Te strongly modifies the catalytic performance, and the highest yield to acrolein has been achieved on catalysts with Te/Mo atomic ratios in bulk of 0.03. T…