Gu. Wolf et al., PREPARATION, STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES AND CATALYTIC SELECTIVITY OF SULFATE-DOPED (VO)(2)P2O7 CATALYSTS IN THE OXIDATION OF N-BUTANE, Catalysis letters, 46(1-2), 1997, pp. 113-118
Sulfate-doped VOHPO4 . 0.5H(2)O precursors with molar ratios of 0 < S:
V < 0.1 were prepared by three different methods and calcined to the r
espective sulfate-doped (VO)(2)P2O7 catalysts in which the distances o
f the crystal planes parallel to (200) are enlarged. Sulfate doping in
fluences both the crystal structure and the selectivity to maleic anhy
dride in the oxidation of n-butane. The best catalytic selectivity was
achieved for slightly disordered catalysts and moderate lattice dista
nces.