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Surface coverage and acidity studies of bifunctional oxidate acidic catalyst by infrared spectroscopy, zirconium sulfate loaded TS-1
Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences (2005)
  • Zainab Ramli, University Technology Malaysia
  • Didik Prasetyoko, University Technology Malaysia
  • Hadi Nur, University Technology Malaysia
  • Salasiah Endud, University Technology Malaysia
Abstract
Bifunctional oxidative and acidic catalysts were prepared by dispersion of zirconium sulfate at various loading (2–20 wt%) on the titanium silicalite (TS-1) using wet impregnation method. The solids were calcined at 500oC before characterizing the acidity by infrared spectroscopy technique using pyridine as a probe base molecule. Results showed that both Lewis and Bronsted acidities present in the sample. However the Bronsted acid sites are only present in samples with high zirconia sulfate loading, i.e. 15 and 20 wt%, which equal to 1.76 and 2.28 Zr4+/nm2 TS-1, respectively. The formation of Bronsted acid sites is due to the presence of disulfate species on the surface of TS-1, in which based on XRD data, sample contains double layer of zirconium
Keywords
  • bifunctional catalyst,
  • zirconium sulfate,
  • TS-1,
  • acidity,
  • monolayer coverage
Publication Date
2005
Citation Information
Zainab Ramli, Didik Prasetyoko, Hadi Nur and Salasiah Endud. "Surface coverage and acidity studies of bifunctional oxidate acidic catalyst by infrared spectroscopy, zirconium sulfate loaded TS-1" Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol. 9 Iss. 3 (2005) p. 542 - 551
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