ARDOINO N.

BACKGROUND: γ-Al2O3 and silica-doped aluminas are largely used supports for industrial catalysts. The addition of silica to alumina modifies its acid–base properties, also affecting its dispersion ability of supported species. In this paper, investigations on the silica doping effect in alumina-supported MoO3 catalysts, developed for the...

Background: Acetaldehyde is a main organic intermediate for manifold chemical products. In the near future, its production using renewable raw materials is rapidly becoming highly desirable. In this paper, investigations on pure and silica-supported molybdenum oxide (MoO3) as catalysts for the ethanol oxidative dehydrogenation process to...