Mixture of Fuels Approach for the Synthesis of SrFeO3-delta Nanocatalyst and Its Impact on the Catalytic Reduction of Nitrobenzene

Naveenkumar, Akula and Kuruva, Praveena and Shivakumara, Chikkadasappa and Srilakshmi, Chilukoti (2014) Mixture of Fuels Approach for the Synthesis of SrFeO3-delta Nanocatalyst and Its Impact on the Catalytic Reduction of Nitrobenzene. In: INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 53 (22). pp. 12178-12185.

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Abstract

A modified solution combustion approach was applied in the synthesis of nanosize SrFeO3-delta (SFO) using single as well as mixture of citric acid, oxalic acid, and glycine as fuels with corresponding metal nitrates as precursors. The synthesized and calcined powders were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis and derivative thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTG), scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, N-2 physisorption methods, and acidic strength by n-butyl amine titration methods. The FT-IR spectra show the lower-frequency band at 599 cm(-1) corresponds to metal-oxygen bond (possible Fe-O stretching frequencies) vibrations for the perovskite-structure compound. TG-DTG confirms the formation temperature of SFO ranging between 850-900 degrees C. XRD results reveal that the use of mixture of fuels in the preparation has effect on the crystallite size of the resultant compound. The average particle size of the samples prepared from single fuels as determined from XRD was similar to 50-35 nm, whereas for samples obtained from mixture of fuels, particles with a size of 30-25 nm were obtained. Specifically, the combination of mixture of fuels for the synthesis of SFO catalysts prevents agglomeration of the particles, which in turn leads to decrease in crystallite size and increase in the surface area of the catalysts. It was also observed that the present approach also impacted the catalytic activity of the SFO in the catalytic reduction of nitrobenzene to azoxybenzene.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Publisher:	AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2015 05:28
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2015 05:28
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/50578

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