TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigations into the conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene using MgO
T2 - SiO2 supported catalysts
AU - Lewandowski, Marek
AU - Babu, Gowri S.
AU - Vezzoli, Massimiliano
AU - Jones, Matthew D.
AU - Owen, Rhodri E.
AU - Mattia, Davide
AU - Plucinski, Pawel
AU - Mikolajska, Ewelina
AU - Ochenduszko, Agnieska
AU - Apperley, David C.
PY - 2014/4/5
Y1 - 2014/4/5
N2 - We report the applicability of ZrO/ZnO impregnated onto a variety of MgO:SiO materials as heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene. The selectivity to 1,3-butadiene is affected by the ratio of the basic MgO to the acidic SiO, with higher selectivities being observed as the mole fraction of MgO increases. The catalysts have been characterised by SEM, XPS, pXRD, BET surface area measurements and Si solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
AB - We report the applicability of ZrO/ZnO impregnated onto a variety of MgO:SiO materials as heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene. The selectivity to 1,3-butadiene is affected by the ratio of the basic MgO to the acidic SiO, with higher selectivities being observed as the mole fraction of MgO increases. The catalysts have been characterised by SEM, XPS, pXRD, BET surface area measurements and Si solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
KW - Heterogeneous catalysts
KW - Ethanol
KW - 1,3-butadiene
KW - Supported catalysts
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894501428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.catcom.2014.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.catcom.2014.02.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84894501428
SN - 1566-7367
VL - 49
SP - 25
EP - 28
JO - Catalysis Communications
JF - Catalysis Communications
ER -