Pore-expanded SBA-15 sulfonic acid silicas for biodiesel synthesis
- 17 November 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 48 (2), 212-214
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc14563k
Abstract
Here we present the first application of pore-expanded SBA-15 in heterogeneous catalysis. Pore expansion over the range 6–14 nm confers a striking activity enhancement towards fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) synthesis from triglycerides (TAG), and free fatty acid (FFA), attributed to improved mass transport and acid site accessibility.Keywords
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