文摘
Ordered vanadosilicate mesoporous material with large (15 nm), uniform, novel cage-like mesopores was synthesized under acidic aqueous conditions from tetraethyl orthosilicate in the presence of ammonia vanadiate, using P123 with CTAB as cotemplate and TMB as a swelling agent. The catalysts were extensively characterized by a combination of different techniques (N2 adsorption, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), transmission electron microscope (TEM), UV Raman, and UV−vis spectra) in relation to their performance for oxidation dehydrogenation of propane. SAXS and TEM analysis showed that the as-synthesized vanadosilicate samples have a uniform, well-defined cage-like mesostructure. UV Raman and UV−vis spectra revealed that the vanadium species was isolated and presented as a highly dispersed state in the framework of the vanadosilicate samples. Significantly enhanced catalytic activity was observed for the vanadosilicate catalysts, as compared with the 1.0 V-SBA-15 prepared by conventional impregnation. The enhanced catalytic activity of the vanadosilicate catalyst was attributed to the beneficial presence of a larger amount of isolated and highly dispersed V-species, as well as the cage-like mesoporous structure.