Metals, mesoporous

Metal/zeolite, metal/mesoporous molecular sieves, and metal/mineral catalysts... 

Metal Oxides, Phosphates, Semiconductors, Carbons, and Metallic Mesoporous Materials... 

Composition of the inorganic framework can be varied just like the surfactant use has been expanded beyond the original cationic species. The number of explored element combinations has been enormous and often driven by specific catalytic needs and prior experience with amorphous or crystalline compositions [37]. One of the leading approaches was doping of silica formulation with appropriate activating clement, such as aluminum (lo impart acidity) and titanium or vanadium for redox potential. Based on analogy of AlPO s and SAPO s to zeolites these compositions were also synthesized in the mesoporous form as were other non-silica inorganic oxides and their combinations [38]. Pure metal mesoporous product was obtained via the pre-formed liquid crystal route 1391. 

Ding Y, Chen MW, Erlebacher J (2004) Metallic mesoporous nanocomposites for electrocatalysis. J Am Chem Soc 126(22) 6876-6877... 

Bray KL (2001) High Pressure Probes of Electronic Structure and Luminescence Properties of Transition Metal and Lanthanide Systems. 213 1-94 Bronstein LM (2003) Nanoparticles Made in Mesoporous Solids. 226 55-89 Bronstrup M (2003) High Throughput Mass Spectrometry for Compound Characterization in Drug Discovery. 225 275-294... 

More recently, bis(oxazoline)-metal complexes supported in micro- and mesoporous solids have been used as catalysts of hetero-Diels-Alder and ene reactions. 

Palladium is known to be a metal that works catalytically in the system. Various supports can be used for Pd, such as active carbon, mesoporous materials, and polymers. All of them deactivate in the sitosterol hydrogenation, most probably because of sulfur and phosphorus impurities present in the raw material, which originates from the tall oil production, a side process of chemical pulping. 

The search for better catalysts has been facilitated in recent years by molecular modeling. We are seeing here a step change. This is the subject of Chapter 1 (Molecular Catalytic Kinetics Concepts). New types of catalysts appeared to be more selective and active than conventional ones. Tuned mesoporous catalysts, gold catalysts, and metal organic frameworks (MOFs) that are discussed in Chapter 2 (Hierarchical Porous Zeolites by Demetallation, 3 (Preparation of Nanosized Gold Catalysts and Oxidation at Room Temperature), and 4 (The Fascinating Structure... 

Mesoporous carbon materials were prepared using ordered silica templates. The Pt catalysts supported on mesoporous carbons were prepared by an impregnation method for use in the methanol electro-oxidation. The Pt/MC catalysts retained highly dispersed Pt particles on the supports. In the methanol electro-oxidation, the Pt/MC catalysts exhibited better catalytic performance than the Pt/Vulcan catalyst. The enhanced catalytic performance of Pt/MC catalysts resulted from large active metal surface areas. The catalytic performance was in the following order Pt/CMK-1 > Pt/CMK-3 > Pt/Vulcan. It was also revealed that CMK-1 with 3-dimensional pore structure was more favorable for metal dispersion than CMK-3 with 2-dimensional pore arrangement. It is eoncluded that the metal dispersion was a critical factor determining the catalytic performance in the methanol electro-oxidation. 

The mechanical incorporation of active nanoparticles into the silica pore structure is very promising for the general synthesis of supported catalysts, although particles larger than the support s pore diameter cannot be incorporated into the mesopore structure. To overcome this limitation, pre-defined Pt particles were mixed with silica precursors, and the mesoporous silica structures were grown by a hydrothermal method. This process is referred to as nanoparticle encapsulation (NE) (Scheme 2) [16] because the resulting silica encapsulates metal nanoparticles inside the pore structure. 

Over An deposited on 3-D mesoporous Ti-Si02 with pore diameter of 9nm, one of the best results was obtained. At an SV of 4000 h/mL/g-cat., propylene conversion above 8%, PO selectivity of 91% giving a steady STY of 80 g PO/h/kg-cat. [84]. The surfaces of 3-D mesoporous Ti-Si02 were trimethylsilylated for rendering hydro-phobicity, which enables higher temperature operation of reaction [86]. As a solid phase promoter, alkaline or alkaline earth metal chlorides are efficient, however, chloride anions markedly enhance the coagulation of An particles in a short period [87]. Finally, Ba(N03)2 was selected as the best promoter which might kill the steady acid sites as BaO (after calcination) on the catalyst surfaces [84,88]. 

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