Directional Self-Assembly of Exfoliated Layered Europium Hydroxide Nanosheets and Na9EuW10O36·32H2O for Application in Desulfurization

Directional Self-Assembly of Exfoliated Layered Europium Hydroxide Nanosheets and Na9EuW10O36·32H2O for Application in Desulfurization

Type	Journal Article
Author	Xiaoting Wang
Author	Wei Chen
URL	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.201400122/abstract
Volume	2014
Issue	17
Pages	2779-2786
Publication	European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Date	June 1, 2014
Abstract	Researchers obtained the directional self-assembly of exfoliated layered europium hydroxide (LEuH) nanosheets and europium-containing heteropolytungstate anions by mixing an LEuH colloidal solution and a Na9EuW10O36·32H2O (EuW10) solution at room temperature leading to the formation of a new inorganic/inorganic hybrid material, Eu2(OH)5(EuW10O36)0.11·5.5H2O (LEuH-EuW10). The use of LEuH-EuW10 in extractive catalytic oxidative desulfurization (ECODS) revealed that highly efficient and selective deep desulfurization can be achieved in 15 min under mild conditions. A maximum turnover number (TON) of around 1600 was obtained. The catalyst can be recycled and reused at least 10 times with only a slight loss of catalytic efficiency.