Document Type
Article
Version Deposited
Published Version
Publication Date
1-10-2018
Publication Title
Catalysts
DOI
10.3390/catal8010017
Abstract
In this study, a solid acid was prepared by the sulfonation of surface modified α-zirconium phosphate (ZrP) single-layer nanosheets (SO3H@ZrP), and the prepared solid acid was investigated for the esterification of oleic acid with methanol to produce biodiesel. For comparison, liquid H2SO4 and commercial Amberlyst® 15 catalyst were also evaluated for the same reaction under the same conditions. The experimental results showed that the SO3H@ZrP solid acid catalyst has a superior catalytic efficiency for the esterification reaction, as well as excellent recyclability. The SO3H@ZrP single-layer solid acid catalyst can be uniformly dispersed in the reaction media, but remains heterogeneous and thus can be easily separated and recycled.
Recommended Citation
Zhou, Yingjie; Noshadi, Iman; Ding, Hao; Liu, Jingjing; Parnas, Richard S.; Clearfield, Abraham; Xiao, Min; Meng, Yuezhong; & Sun, Luyi. (2018). Solid Acid Catalyst Based on Single-Layer α-Zirconium Phosphate Nanosheets for Biodiesel Production via Esterification. Catalysts 8, no. 1: 17.
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Catalysts is an open access journal published by MDPI.