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CeO₂-ZnO; cyclohexanol conversion; citrate process; acid-base properties.

CeO₂-ZnO materials were prepared by amorphous citrate process and characterized by TGA, XRD, UV-DRS and surface area measurements. TGA showed that the citrate precursors decompose in the range 350-550°C producing CeO₂-containing catalytic materials. XRD and DRS results indicated the formation of well-dispersed interstitial Zn$_{x}$Ce$^{4+}_{1-2x}$Ce$^{3+}_{2x}$O₂ solid solution on ZnO matrix. Addition of CeO₂ to ZnO produced high surface area mixed oxide materials in citrate method. Cyclohexanol conversion reaction was carried out on these catalytic materials to investigate the effect of rare earth oxide on the activity and selectivity. It was found that CeO₂ promotes the activity of ZnO without affecting the selectivity to cyclohexanone significantly. The factors such as reaction temperature and WHSV have turned out to be important for cyclohexanol conversion over CeO₂-containing ZnO catalyst materials.

Braja Gopal Mishra¹ G Ranga Rao¹

1. Depatment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai 600 036, India

Published

April 2002

Manuscript received

15 November 2001

Manuscript revised

8 January 2002