Optimization and mechanistic study of the liquid-phase oxidation of naphthalene over biomass-derived iron catalyst

Iron supported silica catalysts were synthesized from rice husk using sol–gel route at room temperature. FT-Raman spectroscopy and XRD analysis confirmed that the iron catalysts were free from iron oxide while pyridine adsorption–desorption analysis proved the presence of both Brönsted and Lewis aci...

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Main Authors: Andas, Jeyashelly, Adam, Farook, Ab. Rahman, Ismail, Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2014