Research Article

Structural and Oxidative Properties of Manganese Incorporated Mesostructure Silica for Methane Oxidation

Table 1

Physicochemical characterization of MnLUS catalysts.

Materiald100 (nm)aao (nm)bSBETc (m2/g)Pore sizec, D (nm)Vpc (cm3/g) (nm)dTotal H2 consumption (mmolH2/gcat)e

LUS44.6110383.171.044.04ā€”
MnLUSDHT3.904.706584.630.853.800.83
MnLUSTIE3.804.5810745.101.614.070.87
MnLUSSSI3.904.419143.230.923.871.08
MnLUSImp3.824.509292.920.633.530.53

aValues obtained from XRD studies. bao = 2 Ɨ d100/. cValues obtained from N2 adsorption results. d. eValues obtained from H2 TPR studies.