INFLUENCE OF Cu2+-DOPED FeMgO NANOMATERIALS ON THE DEHYDROGENATION AND DEHYDRATION OF ETHANOL | ||
| Al-Azhar Bulletin of Science | ||
| Article 8, Volume 2017, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 43-50 PDF (453.99 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/absb.2017.8115 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sahar A. El-Molla* 1; Ahmed A. Farghali2; Hala R. Mahmoud1; Ahmed M. Abdullah3 | ||
| 1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy 11757, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences, Beni-Suef University, Egypt | ||
| 3Department of Optics, High Institute of Optics Technology (HIOT), Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Nanoparticles of iron oxide supported on MgO were prepared by wet impregnation method with loadings varied over 0.02– 0.25 mol Fe2O3 to 0.1 mol MgO. The effects of Cu2+ doping on the surface and catalytic properties of Fe2O3/MgO system have been investigated. The extent of Iron oxide loading was fixed at 10 mol % and the CuO dopant concentration was varied between 1 and 7mol%. Pure and the treated samples were subjected to heat treatment at 500oC.The prepared catalysts were characterized by XRD, HRTEM, SBET-measurements and catalytic conversion of ethanol by flow method to yield ethylene and acetaldehyde. The particles of all samples have a uniform cube like with irregular shapes. Increasing the Fe2O3 content to 10 mol% led to increasing the catalytic activity and selectivity to ethylene formation, however, the activity decreases above this limit.Cu2+ doping increases the catalytic activity of Fe2O3/MgO catalyst t | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fe2O3/MgO catalyst; Cu 2+ doping; Dehydrogenation selectivity; Nanomaterials | ||
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