| Abstract: | A series of vanadium phosphate oxide(VPO) catalysts supported on silica(VPO/Si O2) with various mole ratios of V/P(nV:nP=1:0.8-1:3) were prepared through impregnation method. The catalytic activity was evaluated by ammoxidation reactions of several kinds of chloro-substituted toluenes(CT) in a fixed-bed reactor. The catalyst presented the best performance when nV:nP is 1:1.6. The prepared catalysts were characterized by N2 adsorption, hydrogen temperature programmed reduction(TPR) and ammonia temperature programmed desorption(TPD) and etc. The results reveal that P can decrease the bonding energy of V=O and increase the mobility of lattice oxygen which was beneficial for the improvement of the catalysts, while too much P can greatly decrease the average oxidation number of V which leads to deactivation of the catalysts. The surface acidity of the VPO/Si O2 catalysts is affected by nV:nP and the catalyst had the highest surface acidity when nV:nP is 1:1.6. The selectivity of catalysts is proportional to the surface acidity when nV:nP is lower than 1:3.0. |
