Heterostructure of vanadium pentoxide and mesoporous SBA-15 derived from natural halloysite for highly efficient photocatalytic oxidative desulphurisation

Manh B. Nguyen, Xuan Nui Pham*, Huan V. Doan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Integration between conventional semiconductors and porous materials can enhance electron-hole separation, improving photocatalytic activity. Here, we introduce a heterostructure that was successfully constructed between vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) and mesoporous SBA-15 using inexpensive halloysite clay as the silica-aluminium source. The composite material with 40% doped V2O5 shows excellent catalytic performance in the oxidative desulphurisation of dibenzothiophene (conversion of 99% with only a minor change after four-cycle tests). These results suggest the development of new catalysts made from widely available natural minerals that show high stability and can operate in natural light to produce fuel oils with ultra-low sulphur content.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31738-31745
Number of pages8
JournalRSC Advances
Volume11
Issue number50
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
HVD acknowledges support from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for the EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship (EP/T517872/1) and the Royal Society of Chemistry for the Research Fund grant (R20-8172).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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