Nitridated Fibrous Silica/Tetrabutylammonium Iodide (N-DFNS/TBAI): Robust and Efficient Catalytic System for Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide to Cyclic Carbonates

Vitthal B. Saptal, Rustam Singh, Gaurav Juneja, Saideep Singh, Satish M. Chauhan, Vivek Polshettiwar*, Bhalchandra M. Bhanage*

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Abstract

The development of an active and competent catalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to value added-chemicals at low pressure and temperature have great importance in the field of industrial chemical production as well as in tackling global warming. In this report, nitridated dendritic fibrous nano-silica (N-DFNS) as highly porous and stable nano-material have been synthesized by using ammonolysis reaction at various temperature ranging from 500–800 °C and used as heterogeneous catalysts in combination with TBAI for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxide. The presence of high surface area balanced acid-base bi-functionalities generated on silica due to ammonolysis offered high activity towards the synthesis of cyclic carbonates at the atmospheric pressure with excellent recyclability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2907-2914
Number of pages8
JournalChemCatChem
Volume13
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon dioxide fixation
  • cyclic carbonates
  • heterogeneous catalysis
  • nitridated silica
  • silica functionalization.

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