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Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity of mesoporous Mn-MCM-41 materials

Maria Luisa SaladinoAlberto SpinellaGiorgio NasilloEugenio CaponettiE KralevaS Todorova

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Composite materials Surfaces 29Si {1H} CP-MAS NMR X-ray photo-emission spectroscopySettore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica

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MCM-41 has been synthesized at two different pH using cetyl-trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant as template and adding the silica precursor to aqueous solutions containing CTAB. The obtained solids were calcined at 600 ◦C for 4 h. Mn-MCM-41 powders with different Mn/Si molar ratios were prepared using the incipient wetness method, followed by calcination at 550 ◦C for 5 h. At the end of the impregnation process the powders colour changed from white to brown whose intensity depends on manganese quantity. The materials characterization was performed by X-ray diffraction, N2 adsorption, 29Si Cross Polarization–Magic Angle Spinning NMR, and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. The effects of the manganese quantity and of the structural characteristic of the MCM-41 support were studied. The catalytic activity of the prepared systems was evaluated in a complete n-hexane oxidation.

10.1016/j.jallcom.2011.06.078http://hdl.handle.net/10447/57627