Abstract
The thermal spreading of MoO3 onto silica was studied in comparison with the thermal spreading onto alumina using different characterization techniques. X-ray diffraction results showed that MoO3 crystals were transformed into Mo amorphous species on alumina and silica supports by thermal treatment. Laser Raman spectroscopy results also evidenced the transformation of MoO3 bulk into small Mo clusters and/or dispersed Mo species, which are highly distorted, interacting with alumina and silica supports. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and diffuse reflection spectroscopy (DRS) results gave better evidence of the presence of higher amounts of Mo species at the surface of both supports when compared with the respective physical mixtures. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy also provided good evidence that a surface reaction may have occurred between MoO3 and hydroxyl groups on both supports. It was possible to infer that the original MoO3 crystal lattices were destroyed by reacting with the support surfac...
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