Catalytic Applications of Clay Minerals and Hydrotalcites

• Other Authors: Cecilia, Juan (Editor), Jiménez Gómez, Carmen Pilar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Chemistry; Inorganic chemistry; propane dehydrogenation; hierarchical microstructure; reconstruction; high selectivity; excellent durability; reduction atmosphere; coke deposition; meixnerite; PtIn/Mg(Al)O/ZnO; layered double hydroxides; Cu-based catalysts; Cu/ZnO/Al2O3; furfural; furfuryl alcohol; n/a; CuMgFe; hydrogenolysis of glycerol; 1,2-propanediol; recycled; isobutane dehydrogenation; MgF2 promoter; hydrotalcite-derived composites; supported Pt-In catalysts; kaolin; mesoporous; heterogeneous catalyst; esterification; waste valorization
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Clay minerals are inexpensive and available materials with a wide range of applications (adsorbent, ion exchanger, support, catalyst, paper coating, ceramic, and pharmaceutical applications, among others). Clay minerals can be easily modified through acid/basic treatments, the insertion of bulky ions or pillars into the interlayer spacing, and acid treatment, improving their physicochemical properties.Considering their low cost and high availability, clay minerals display a relatively high specific surface area in such a way that they have a great potential to be used as catalytic supports, since they can disperse expensive active phases as noble metals on the porous structures of their surfaces. In addition, the low cost of these supports allows their implementation on an industrial scale more easily than other supports, which are only feasible at the laboratory scale. Hydrotalcites (considered as anionic or basic clays) are also inexpensive materials with a great potential to be used as catalysts, since their textural properties could also be modified easily through the insertion of anions in their interlayer spacing. In the same way, these hydrotalcites, formed by layered double hydroxides, can lead to their respective mixed oxides after thermal treatment. These mixed oxides are considered basic catalysts with a high surface area, so they can also be used as catalytic support.