An Iron-Based Micropore-Enriched Silica Catalyst: in Situ Confining of Fe2o3 in the Mesopores and Its Improved Catalytic Properties

With a novel anionic micelle templating method, Fe2O3 species were in situ formed and highly-dispersed and the pore size tailored to the microporous level (<2 nm). The catalyst exhibited high selectivity for dihydroxybenzene in phenol hydroxylation.