Development of acidic sites in WOx/ZrO2

Thomas Onfroy (1) , Guillaume Clet (2) , Marwan Houalla (2)

1 LRS - Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface
2 LCS - Laboratoire catalyse et spectrochimie

Evidence is shown of the appearance of Brønsted acidic sites in WOx/ZrO2 at a given W loading and of a direct correlation between the abundance of ‘strong’ Brønsted acidic sites in these catalysts and propan-2-ol decomposition activity.

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Catalysis

Thomas Onfroy, Guillaume Clet, Marwan Houalla. Development of acidic sites in WOx/ZrO2. Chemical Communications, 2001, 15, pp.1378-1379. ⟨10.1039/b102867g⟩. ⟨hal-02399977⟩