Novel Synthesis Method of porous VPO catalysts with fibrous structure by Electrospinning

•VPO bulk oxide material with fibrous structure and high surface area has been synthesized for the first time.•Such material has surface isolated vanadium oxide species, such as (VO)2P2O7, being attractive as catalyst for a wide range of processes.•The synthesis of a VPO carbon supported catalyst, with fibrous morphology, has been also described.

The synthesis of two novel catalytic materials based on vanadium mixed oxides has been described in present study. The first material was a Vanadium-Phosphorous mixed oxide (VPO) carbon-supported material with fibrous morphology and a very high surface area, and stable under oxidizing conditions up to 350 °C. The other material is a bulk mixed VPO oxide with fibrous structure obtained after optimizing the calcination of the supported carbon fiber catalyst, which presents a very high surface area. Both materials seem to be very attractive as catalysts in a wide range of partial oxidation processes in both liquid and gas phase based on the structural and chemical characterization data.

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