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Effect of titanium source on structural properties and acidity of Ti-pillared bentonite

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From the journal Chemical Papers Volume 70 Issue 7

Abstract

Ti-pillared bentonites (Ti-PBs) were synthesised using bentonite from the Hançılı region in Turkey. Ti(IV) chloride, Ti(IV) ethoxide and Ti(IV) propoxide were used as the titanium sources; the syntheses were carried out using different H+/Ti ratios, bentonite suspension percentages and calcination temperatures. Titanium was found in the form of titanium dioxide for all the sources. The Ti(IV) chloride source afforded a sample with a significantly higher specific BET surface area (by 323 m2 g−1), TiO2 content of 50.5 mass % and a more microporous structure with a micropore volume of 0.112 cm3 g−1; the Ti(IV) propoxide source afforded a more mesoporous structure with a higher total pore volume. The micropore region showed the formation of pores of different sizes, while prominent narrow peaks were obtained in the mesopore region. Ti-PBs, which exhibited only the anatase phase of titanium dioxide, yielded high Bronsted and Lewis acidities. When the rutile phase and the anatase phase occurred together, as a result of the lower TiO2 content, the Bronsted and Lewis acidities of the Ti-PBs decreased. The use of Ti(IV) chloride and Ti(IV) propoxide sources at H+/Ti ratios of 4.0 and a bentonite suspension percentage of 2.0 resulted in samples exhibiting strong Brønsted acidity.

Keywords: Ti-pillared bentonite; titanium(IV) chloride; titanium(IV) ethoxide; titanium(IV) propoxide; pore structure; acidity

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to acknowledge the financial support received from the Scientific Research Projects Department of Gazi University, Turkey under project no. 06/2009-49.

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Received: 2015-6-8
Revised: 2015-10-26
Accepted: 2015-11-26
Published Online: 2016-4-21
Published in Print: 2016-7-1

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Keywords for this article
Ti-pillared bentonite; titanium(IV) chloride; titanium(IV) ethoxide; titanium(IV) propoxide; pore structure; acidity

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