Liu, X., Conte, M., Weng, W. et al. (9 more authors) (2015) Molybdenum blue nano-rings: an effective catalyst for the partial oxidation of cyclohexane. Catalysis Science and Technology, 5 (1). pp. 217-227. ISSN 2044-4753
Abstract
Molybdenum blue (MB), a multivalent molybdenum oxide with a nano-ring morphology is well-known in analytical chemistry but, to date it has been largely ignored in other applications. In the present work, MB has been characterized by STEM-HAADF imaging for the first time, showing the nano-ring morphology of this complex molybdenum oxide and the ordered super-molecular framework crystals that can result from the self-assembly of these MB nano-ring units. The potential of MB as an oxidation catalyst has also been investigated, where it is shown to have excellent catalytic activity and stability in the selective oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone which are important intermediates in the production of nylon.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Catalysis Science & Technology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Chemistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2016 10:03 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 09:56 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cy01213e |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/c4cy01213e |
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