Abstract:
The composite TiO
2-ZrO
2 support was prepared through co-precipitation of Ti(SO
4)
2 and Zr(SO
4)
2 solution and V
2O
5/TiO
2-ZrO
2 catalysts with different vanadium loadings were obtained by incipient impregnation with ammonium metavanadate solution. The catalytic performance of V
2O
5/TiO
2-ZrO
2 in the selective oxidation of methanol to dimethoxymethane (DMM) was investigated under mild reaction conditions. The V
2O
5/TiO
2-ZrO
2 catalyst performs better in the selective oxidation of methanol than V
2O
5 supported on the single oxide TiO
2 or ZrO
2. XRD, NH
3-TPD, and H
2-TPR characterization results indicated that the incorporation of highly dispersed ZrO
2 in V
2O
5/TiO
2-ZrO
2 may enhance the surface acidity and the redox ability of vanadium species, which is favorable for the selective oxidation of methanol. The V
2O
5 loading influences the dispersion and structure of vanadium species that are related to the catalyst performance; a V
2O
5 content of 5%~10% is adequate to get V
2O
5/TiO
2-ZrO
2 of high performance for the selective oxidation of methanol to DMM.