Issue 22, 2015

Hydrophobic mesoporous silica-supported heteropolyacid induced by ionic liquid as a high efficiency catalyst for the oxidative desulfurization of fuel

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide is usually used as an oxidant in oxidative desulfurization. However, in order to reach a high level of sulfur removal, excess of hydrogen peroxide needs to be added into the oxidative system. In this study, phosphomolybdic acid immobilized on imidazole-based ionic liquid modified mesoporous SBA-15 (HPMo-IL/SBA-15) was prepared. The as-prepared material combines the advantages of H3PMo12O40 (HPMo) and SBA-15. The high special surface area of SBA-15 could well disperse the HPMo active species. The results show that HPMo could be steadily immobilized across the surface of SBA-15 by using an imidazole-based ionic liquid. At the same time, after the introduction of the imidazole-based ionic liquid, HPMo-IL/SBA-15 material exhibited hydrophobic property. Experiments demonstrated that the hydrophobic catalyst exhibited a high activity in oxidative desulfurization. When hydrogen peroxide with a stoichiometric ratio (H2O2/sulfur mole ratio is 2) was used, the removal of dibenzothiophene (DBT) could achieve levels of above 90% at 60 °C in 90 min. When the concentration of hydrogen peroxide was slightly increased (H2O2/sulfur mole ratio increased from 2 to 2.5), the sulfur removal reached 100% in 40 min. Moreover, the synthesis catalyst could adsorb dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO2), which is the oxidant product of DBT. In this regard, HPMo-IL/SBA-15 served as not only a high-efficiency catalyst but also an adsorbent.

Graphical abstract: Hydrophobic mesoporous silica-supported heteropolyacid induced by ionic liquid as a high efficiency catalyst for the oxidative desulfurization of fuel

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 nov 2014
Accepted
08 jan 2015
First published
09 jan 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 16847-16855

Hydrophobic mesoporous silica-supported heteropolyacid induced by ionic liquid as a high efficiency catalyst for the oxidative desulfurization of fuel

J. Xiong, W. Zhu, W. Ding, L. Yang, M. Zhang, W. Jiang, Z. Zhao and H. Li, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 16847 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA14382E

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