US EPA

1324750 

Journal Article 

SUPPORTED VANADIUM-OXIDE CATALYSTS - MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND REACTIVITY PROPERTIES 

Deo, G; Wachs, IE; Haber, J 

1994 

4 

3-4 

141-187 

WOS:A1994RV99000001 

Supported vanadium oxide catalysts have become an important
class of catalytic materials because of their numerous industrial applications and use as model
systems for fundamental studies of monolayer catalysts. This critical review of supported
vanadium oxide catalysts examines our current understanding of the molecular structures of the
two-dimensional vanadium oxide overlayers and their reactivity properties. The insights obtained
from these structural and reactivity studies are establishing a fundamental understanding of
supported vanadium oxide catalysts and allowing the development of structure-reactivity
relationships. The findings for supported vanadium oxide catalysts are also directly applicable
to other supported metal oxide systems, especially those that possess surface redox sites (Mo,
Cr, and Re). 

METAL OXIDE SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; REACTIVITY PROPERTIES; VANADIUM OXIDE CATALYSTS; SURFACE REDOX SITES