Abstract
Vanadium-aluminum oxide catalysts for propane oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) are investigated with respect to their physico-chemical properties and catalytic activity as a function of the co-precipitation pH. Modifications of the specific surface area, the particle size distribution, and the chemical nature of the active phase are found. At co-precipitation pH 5.5, an amorphous V-Al-O x mixed phase was formed by condensation of tetrahedral polymeric [VO x ] n n− and amorphous aluminum hydroxide species. At pH between 7.5 and 8.5, the catalyst consists of [VO x ] n n− species supported on amorphous aluminum hydroxide. At pH = 10, V 2O 7 4− ions are presumably adsorbed on boehmite surface. The propane conversion and the rate of propylene formation per gram-atom of vanadium are higher for the samples prepared at pH ≥8.5. A correlation exists between the reduction temperature of the vanadium species and the catalytic activity for the propane oxidative dehydrogenation reaction.
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