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Towards the Sulfuric Acid of Solids
Author(s) -
Harmer Mark A.,
Farneth William E.,
Sun Qun
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199810)10:15<1255::aid-adma1255>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - sulfuric acid , materials science , solid acid , covalent bond , porosity , characterization (materials science) , protonation , catalysis , chemical engineering , proton , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , composite material , ion , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Solid acids offer a simple and more benign alternative to traditional acid‐catalyzed chemical processes. Ways in which this opportunity is being addressed through the synthesis and characterization of new solid acids incorporating perfluorosulfonic acid groups as proton donors are described. The Figure represents a perfluorosulfonic acid, which is covalently linked to a porous silica surface at a density of ca. 0.05–0.5 nm –2 .