Classification of Active Components
For example: silver catalyst for the oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide; molybdenum and bismuth catalyst for the ammoxidation of propylene to acrylonitrile
Classification of Active Components:
Classification | Electrical Conductivity | Examples of Catalytic Reactions | Active Components |
Metal | Electrical Conductivity (Oxidation and Reduction) | · Selective Hydrogenolysis · Selective Oxidation | Fe,Ni,Pt Pd,Cu,Ni,Pt Ag,Pd,Cu |
Transition Metal Oxide Sulfide | Semiconductor (Oxidation and Reduction) | Selective Hydrogenation,Hydrogenolysis Hydrogenolysis Oxidation | ZnOCuONiO Cr₂O3 MoS₂,Cr₂O3 Fe₂O3-MoO3 |
Non-Transition Element Oxide | Insulator (Carbon ion Reaction) (Acid-Base Reaction) | Aggregation, Heterogeneity Cracking Dehydration | Al2O3,SiO2-Al2O3 SiO2-Al2O3,Molecular Sieve Molecular Sieve |





