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Effect of silanol groups on the acidic and catalytic properties of alkylsulphoacidic silicas and SiO2/narion nanocomposites

Effect of silanol groups on the acidic and catalytic properties of alkylsulphoacidic silicas and SiO2/narion nanocomposites
Effect of silanol groups on the acidic and catalytic properties of alkylsulphoacidic silicas and SiO2/narion nanocomposites
Sets of silicas covalently modified with alkylsulphoacidic groups (SiO2-SO3H) and nanocomposites of silica with superacidic Nafion(R)\ polymer (SiO2/Nafion) were synthesised. End-capping the silanol groups with trimethylsilyl groups was used to obtain surface hydrophobisation. The materials obtained were characterised by nitrogen and water adsorption measurements, MAS NMR spectroscopy and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS). The acidity of the materials was tested by P-31 MAS NMR spectroscopic examination of samples with adsorbed triethylphosphine oxide (TEPO). It was demonstrated that end-capping excluded part of the surface silanol groups from interaction with acidic groups, thereby causing the sulphonic groups to exhibit an increased acidity. With SiO2-SO3H, end-capping also increased their catalytic activity in the synthesis of ethyl t-butyl ether (ETBE). However, end-capping had a negligible effect on the catalytic properties of SiO2/Nafion, probably because the catalytic reaction occurred inside the Nafion polymer nanoparticles.
solid acids, surface, phase
0263-6174
615-625
Alekseev, Serge A.
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Zaitsev, V.N.
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Alekseev, A.N.
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Kochkin, Yu N.
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Evans, J.
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Alekseev, Serge A.
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Kochkin, Yu N.
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Alekseev, Serge A., Zaitsev, V.N., Alekseev, A.N., Kochkin, Yu N. and Evans, J. (2004) Effect of silanol groups on the acidic and catalytic properties of alkylsulphoacidic silicas and SiO2/narion nanocomposites. Adsorption Science & Technology, 22 (8), 615-625. (doi:10.1260/0263617042844175).

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Abstract

Sets of silicas covalently modified with alkylsulphoacidic groups (SiO2-SO3H) and nanocomposites of silica with superacidic Nafion(R)\ polymer (SiO2/Nafion) were synthesised. End-capping the silanol groups with trimethylsilyl groups was used to obtain surface hydrophobisation. The materials obtained were characterised by nitrogen and water adsorption measurements, MAS NMR spectroscopy and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS). The acidity of the materials was tested by P-31 MAS NMR spectroscopic examination of samples with adsorbed triethylphosphine oxide (TEPO). It was demonstrated that end-capping excluded part of the surface silanol groups from interaction with acidic groups, thereby causing the sulphonic groups to exhibit an increased acidity. With SiO2-SO3H, end-capping also increased their catalytic activity in the synthesis of ethyl t-butyl ether (ETBE). However, end-capping had a negligible effect on the catalytic properties of SiO2/Nafion, probably because the catalytic reaction occurred inside the Nafion polymer nanoparticles.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: solid acids, surface, phase

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Local EPrints ID: 20113
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/20113
ISSN: 0263-6174
PURE UUID: 9039e7f1-1bf4-4de7-a42d-0e7441b55f25

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Date deposited: 23 Feb 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 06:22

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Author: Serge A. Alekseev
Author: V.N. Zaitsev
Author: A.N. Alekseev
Author: Yu N. Kochkin
Author: J. Evans

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