{"title":"Design of mesoporous sulfated zirconia nanocrystals with dual Brønsted acid and Lewis acid","authors":"Yang Liu , Minqi Jiang , Yi Feng , Jianfeng Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100590","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sulfated ZrO<sub>2</sub> (S-ZrO<sub>2</sub>) nanocrystals with a pure tetragonal phase and mesopores were designed by calcination of sulfated UiO-66. Benefiting from the inhibitory effect of organic linkers and sulfate ions on the growth of crystals during the pyrolysis process, S-ZrO<sub>2</sub>, derived from sulfated UiO-66, is composed of nano-sized crystals with a size of about 5 nm. In addition, the released gases from the decomposition of organic linkers enable S-ZrO<sub>2</sub> with mesopores, avoiding the severe agglomeration of ZrO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals. As a result, the as-synthesized S-ZrO<sub>2</sub> nanocrystals can function as the promising catalysts containing dual Brønsted acidic and Lewis acidic sites to display a good catalytic activity in the esterification reaction of propanoic acid with methanol. In particular, a good conversion of 96.8 % for propanoic acid was achieved at 7 h, higher than that of commercial ZrO<sub>2</sub>-based sulfated ZrO<sub>2</sub> (74 %) and pristine UiO-66 (24 %).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100958,"journal":{"name":"Next Materials","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100590"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Next Materials","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S294982282500108X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sulfated ZrO2 (S-ZrO2) nanocrystals with a pure tetragonal phase and mesopores were designed by calcination of sulfated UiO-66. Benefiting from the inhibitory effect of organic linkers and sulfate ions on the growth of crystals during the pyrolysis process, S-ZrO2, derived from sulfated UiO-66, is composed of nano-sized crystals with a size of about 5 nm. In addition, the released gases from the decomposition of organic linkers enable S-ZrO2 with mesopores, avoiding the severe agglomeration of ZrO2 nanocrystals. As a result, the as-synthesized S-ZrO2 nanocrystals can function as the promising catalysts containing dual Brønsted acidic and Lewis acidic sites to display a good catalytic activity in the esterification reaction of propanoic acid with methanol. In particular, a good conversion of 96.8 % for propanoic acid was achieved at 7 h, higher than that of commercial ZrO2-based sulfated ZrO2 (74 %) and pristine UiO-66 (24 %).