Affiliation: | a Dipartimento di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Chimica Analitica, Chimica Fisica, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy b Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique et Analytique, Place L. Pasteur 1, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium c Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy d Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie des Matériaux Divisés, Place Croix du Sud 2/17, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium |
Abstract: | One-step non-hydrolytic condensation reactions, starting from VO(OiPr)3 and NbCl5, have been used for the first time to prepare Nb-V oxide catalysts. Different materials containing the NbVO5 phase at different purity levels have been obtained, after thermal treatments, depending on the experimental conditions. The synthetic procedure has also been applied to prepare ternary Nb-V-Si oxide systems. From preliminary catalytic reaction studies it appears that the catalysts so prepared are promising with respect to their interesting performances in the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane. It has also been found that -Sb2O4, physically blended with the Nb-V oxide materials, could act as an appropriate promoter to improve the catalytic performances of these systems. |