Optimization and mechanistic study of the liquid-phase oxidation of naphthalene over biomass-derived iron catalyst

• Main Authors: Andas, Jeyashelly, Adam, Farook, Ab. Rahman, Ismail, Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34763/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894714005622

Iron supported silica catalysts were synthesized from rice husk using sol–gel route at room temperature. FT-Raman spectroscopy and XRD analysis confirmed that the iron catalysts were free from iron oxide while pyridine adsorption–desorption analysis proved the presence of both Brönsted and Lewis aci...