Issue 13, 2023

Preparation of highly dispersed SnO/TiO2 catalysts and their performances in catalyzing polyol ester

Abstract

A series of stannous oxide supported on rutile titanium dioxide (SnO/TiO2) were prepared by a conventional incipient wetness impregnation method, and their performance as catalysts for fatty acid esterification reactions was investigated. The effects of Sn precursors (SnCl2·2H2O or SnC2O4), loading amounts (5–15%), and treating ambiences (air and N2) were explored. The optimized 10% SnO/TiO2–Cl with SnCl2·2H2O as the Sn precursor and thermal treatment in N2 showed the best esterification performance. Specifically, 10% SnO/TiO2–Cl catalyzed the esterification process of trimethylolpropane and n-octanoic acid with a conversion of 99.6% over 5 h at 160 °C, and 10% SnO/TiO2–Cl was efficient for six catalytic cycles. Based on the results of X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectra, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), infrared spectra of pyridine adsorption (Py-IR), and ammonia temperature programmed desorption (NH3-TPD), the improved catalytic performance is supposed to be attributable to the high dispersion of the Sn species on 10% SnO/TiO2–Cl as the moderate Lewis acid sites.

Graphical abstract: Preparation of highly dispersed SnO/TiO2 catalysts and their performances in catalyzing polyol ester

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Nov 2022
Accepted
13 Mar 2023
First published
17 Mar 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2023,13, 8934-8941

Preparation of highly dispersed SnO/TiO2 catalysts and their performances in catalyzing polyol ester

H. Su, Q. Zhao, C. Jiang, Y. Wang, Y. Niu, X. Li, W. Lou, Y. Qi and X. Wang, RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 8934 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA07334J

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