High-pressure hydrothermal synthesis of MoVTeNbOx with high surface V5+ abundance for oxidative conversion of propane to acrylic acid

Abstract A series of MoVTeNbOx-mixed metal oxides were synthesized by high-pressure hydrothermal method. The effects of temperature and time during the preparation process on the structure and catalytic performance of MoVTeNbOx were investigated. It was demonstrated that high content of M1 phase (94.5%) MoVTeNbOx with typical needle-shape morphology and high surface abundance of V5+ (68.9%) could be fabricated by high-pressure hydrothermal method in a short time (30 min to 60 min) without hydrogen peroxide post-treatment. The catalytic results of propane selective oxidation showed that the MoVTeNbOx sample synthesized at 200 °C for 30 min possessed the highest surface V5+ abundance and largest proportion of terminating (001) plane, displaying the highest selectivity (74.1%) for acrylic acid. Moreover, the prepared MoVTeNbOx showed excellent stability in high temperature continuous reaction.