Sol-Gel synthesisaand characterization of Nb-Mo and Nb-Mo-V mixed oxides as potential catalysts for the selective oxidation of propane

in this work a modified hydrolytic sol-gel technique has been applied to synthesize binary and ternary systems based on Nb, Mo and V, as potential catalysts for the selective oxidation of propane to acrolein and/or acrylic acid. Crystalline mixed oxide phases were obtained and investigate by XRD, Raman and UV-VIS spectroscopy.