Synthesis of Cobalt Doped Porous Titania-Silica Prepared by Using the Rice Husks as Both Silicon Source and Template and its Catalytic Oxidation of 4-Methyl Pyridine
Cobalt doped porous titania-silica with Ti/Si molar ratio of 0.2 synthesized by using rice husks as both silicon source and template presented good product (4-pyridinecarboxylic acid) selectivity (91 % ) and high substrate conversion rate (96 % ) for the catalytic oxidation of 4-methyl pyridine. Fast hot catalyst filtration experiment proved that it acted as a heterogeneous one and can be used a number of times with almost the same activity.