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Catalysis Science & Technology | 2016

Self-assembled hybrid precursors towards more efficient propane ODH NiMoO4 catalysts

Benjamin Farin; Pierre Eloy; Claude Poleunis; Michel Devillers; Eric M. Gaigneaux

This work shows a novel method to synthesize bulk NiMoO4 from hybrid materials made of guest ions (Ni and Mo precursors) and a polyampholytic comb-like copolymer displaying a supramolecular organization. This supramolecular organization is crucial because the copolymer serves as a nanostructuring template. While non-porous α-NiMoO4 is obtained with classical methods, mesoporous β-NiMoO4 is prepared here. The β-phase is more efficient in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP). Our strategy assumed that the properties of a catalyst strongly depend on the features of the precursor from which it comes. This is why the precursors were meticulously characterized. Homogeneous hybrids were successfully synthesized where MoO42− anions establish electrostatic interactions with the copolymers positive charges. The nickel cations are stabilized inside the matrix thanks to their coordination by the copolymer COO− functions. By bridging two copolymers, such coordination bonds reinforce the copolymer organization and enable to generate the organized hybrids. Some hybrids were then calcined, characterized and tested in the ODHP reaction. Preparing the β-phase generally requires temperatures beyond 600 °C which favours sintering and makes NiMoO4 poorly active. The use of supramolecularly organized precursors and the possibility it offers to form oxides under “soft conditions” lead to mesoporous β-NiMoO4. The most propene selective β-NiMoO4 is generated here without sacrificing its specific surface area, maintaining its remarkably high activity level. This enables reaching higher propene yields than usual.


Applied Catalysis A-general | 2014

Total oxidation of propane with a nano-RuO2/TiO2 catalyst

Damien P. Debecker; Benjamin Farin; Eric M. Gaigneaux; Clément Sanchez; Capucine Sassoye


Catalysis Today | 2015

Bismuth molybdates prepared by solution combustion synthesis for the partial oxidation of propene

Benjamin Farin; Alessandro Hugo Monteverde Videla; Stefania Specchia; Eric M. Gaigneaux


Catalysis Communications | 2013

Hybrid peroxotungstophosphate organized catalysts highly active and selective in alkene epoxidation

Colas Swalus; Benjamin Farin; François Gillard; Michel Devillers; Eric M. Gaigneaux


Catalysis Today | 2013

NiMoO4 preparation from polyampholytic hybrid precursors: Benefiting of the memory effect in the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

Benjamin Farin; Colas Swalus; Michel Devillers; Eric M. Gaigneaux


ACS Catalysis | 2012

Establishing the Role of Graphite as a Shaping Agent of Vanadium− Aluminum Mixed (Hydr)oxides and Their Physicochemical Properties and Catalytic Functionalities

Victor G. Baldovino Medrano; Benjamin Farin; Eric M. Gaigneaux


Catalysis Today | 2015

Role of shaping in the preparation of heterogeneous catalysts: Tableting and slip-casting of oxidation catalysts

Víctor G. Baldovino-Medrano; Minh Thang Le; I. Van Driessche; Els Bruneel; C. Alcázar; M.T. Colomer; R. Moreno; A. Florencie; Benjamin Farin; Eric M. Gaigneaux


Microporous and Mesoporous Materials | 2017

Nanostructured hybrid materials as precursors of mesoporous NiMo-based catalysts for the propane oxidative dehydrogenation

Benjamin Farin; Michel Devillers; Eric M. Gaigneaux


ChemistrySelect | 2016

The Effect of Hydrophobicity on the Synthesis of Homogeneous and Nanostructured NiMo‐Based Hybrid Materials

Benjamin Farin; Michel Devillers; Eric M. Gaigneaux


International Symposium on Air & Water Pollution Abatement Catalysis - AWPAC2014 | 2014

BixMoyOz catalysts prepared by solution combustion synthesis for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

Benjamin Farin; Alessandro Hugo Monteverde Videla; Stefania Specchia; Eric M. Gaigneaux

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Eric M. Gaigneaux

Université catholique de Louvain

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Michel Devillers

Université catholique de Louvain

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Colas Swalus

Université catholique de Louvain

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François Gillard

Université catholique de Louvain

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Damien P. Debecker

Université catholique de Louvain

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A. Florencie

Université catholique de Louvain

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Claude Poleunis

Université catholique de Louvain

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Clément Sanchez

Université catholique de Louvain

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