Expanded Vermiculite Applied in the Catalytic Process as a Catalyst Support

Amorphous NiB supported on expanded vermiculite (EV) catalyst was prepared as an example to show the superior characteristics of EV as a novel carbon support material. EV and the prepared catalysts were characterized by ICP, SEM, TEM and SAED. The catalytic activity of prepared catalysts was tested by the hydrogenation of sulfolene to sulfalone, with the introduction of ultrasonication the NiB/EV-U catalyst performed very high catalytic activity.