摘要
Cerium incorporated KIT-6 mesoporous materials were synthesized through direct hydrothermal method and characterized by using X-ray diffraction （XRD）, nitrogen sorption isotherm （BET）, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR）, inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectroscopy （ICP-AES）, diffuse reflectance ultraviolet visible spectroscopy （DRS-UV-Vis）, ther- mogravimetric analysis （TGA）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM） methods. It ap- peared that stable cerium ions were inserted into the silica framework of KIT-6, thus generating acid properties in their host materials. The catalytic activity of Ce-KIT-6 materials was evaluated in the vapor phase dehydration of cyclohexanol to cyclohexene and dicy- clohexyl ether at different temperatures with various Si/Ce molar ratios. Ce-KIT-6 （25） showed higher activity with 54% cyclohexa- nol conversion and 64% selectivity to cyclohexene. The catalytic results indicated that Ce-KIT-6 mesoporous materials could be used as versatile and stable acid catalysts.
Cerium incorporated KIT-6 mesoporous materials were synthesized through direct hydrothermal method and characterized by using X-ray diffraction （XRD）, nitrogen sorption isotherm （BET）, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR）, inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectroscopy （ICP-AES）, diffuse reflectance ultraviolet visible spectroscopy （DRS-UV-Vis）, ther- mogravimetric analysis （TGA）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM） methods. It ap- peared that stable cerium ions were inserted into the silica framework of KIT-6, thus generating acid properties in their host materials. The catalytic activity of Ce-KIT-6 materials was evaluated in the vapor phase dehydration of cyclohexanol to cyclohexene and dicy- clohexyl ether at different temperatures with various Si/Ce molar ratios. Ce-KIT-6 （25） showed higher activity with 54% cyclohexa- nol conversion and 64% selectivity to cyclohexene. The catalytic results indicated that Ce-KIT-6 mesoporous materials could be used as versatile and stable acid catalysts.
