A solid electrolyte-aided study of propene oxidation on an MoO3–Bi2O3 catalyst
Abstract
Partial oxidation of propene by oxygen species transported electrochemically on MoO3–Bi2O3via yttria-stabilized zirconia at 450 °C revealed that the oxygen atoms bound to molybdenum insert into an allylic intermediate of propene to form acrylaldehyde while bismuth species are responsible for oxygen incorporation into the catalyst.