The direct conversion of benzene to phenol by hydroxylation with hydrogen peroxide was carried out over catalyst containing various transition metals impregnated on activated carbon. Iron and vanadium impregnated catalysts gave better yields of phenol compared to copper impregnated catalysts. The activity of transition metals supported on activated carbon catalyst in the production of phenol was V > Fe > Cu. In addition to the role of transition metals in catalyzing the hydroxylation reaction, the hydrophobic nature of the activated carbon surface and also the surface acidity and basicity seems to have enhanced the performance of these catalysts. © 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.
(Transition metals supported on activated carbon as benzene hydroxylation catalysts) Choi, J.-S.; Kim, T.-H.; Choo, K.-Y.; Sung, J.-S.; Saidutta, M.B.; Song, S.-D.; Rhee, Y.-W.
2005
Molybdenum based mixed oxide containing Mo0.65V 0.25W0.10 was investigated for the partial oxidation of methanol. The structural property and catalytic activity of the mixed oxide catalyst was studied by surface area (BET), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The thermal activation of the catalyst resulted increase in the conversion of methanol and the selectivity to formaldehyde. The thermal activation of the MoVW mixed oxide in nitrogen atmospheres induces partial crystallization of a Mo5O14-type oxide at 813 K. The SEM images of the thermally activated catalyst show needle like particles. These particles were agglomerates of platelet-like crystallites of a few hundreds of nanometers in size. SEM and EDX techniques show that the mixed oxide is characterized by an inhomogeneous elemental distribution on the length scale of a few microns. XRD of the thermally activated catalyst showed a nanocrystalline material identified as a mixture of Mo5O 14, MoO3 and MoO2-type MoVW oxides. The catalytic activity of the MoVW mixed oxide show a good conversion of methanol and selectivity to formaldehyde. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
(Partial oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde on molybdenum based mixed oxide catalyst) Badekai Ramachandra, B.; Choi, J.-S.; Choo, K.-Y.; Sung, J.-S.; Song, S.-D.; Kim, T.-H.
2005

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