Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 813-818.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2012.11015

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One-Step Oxidation of Methanol to Dimethoxymethane on V2O5/CeO2 Catalyst

GUO Heqin1, LI Debao1,b, CHEN Congbiao1, FAN Zhihong1,2, SUN Yuhan1,3,a   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China; 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
  • Received:2011-10-21 Revised:2011-12-13 Online:2012-05-09 Published:2012-05-09

Abstract: The V2O5/CeO2 catalyst samples were prepared by the sol-gel method and applied in the methanol partly oxidation. The influence of V2O5 content on the existing state of vanadia and surface properties as well as the catalytic performance was studied. The results showed that the vanadia was monolayer dispersed with V2O5 content was 15%, aggregated as V2O5 crystalline with above 20%, and formed CeVO4 with 30%. The higher dispersion of vanadia can lead to stronger reducibility and more acidic sites, which were closely related to the higher methanol conversion and dimethoxymethane selectivity.

Key words: vanadia, ceria, methanol oxidation, acidity, redox, dimethoxymethane